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A part of ether

Chapter 6

Whitney

“Hey Kyle,” I called out as I got out ofhim made me flustered—and for completely pervy reasons

After he got Katie back to sleep at Meg and Adam’s, he turned to me with a smile that I remembered A smile that I still saw sometimes in my drea was a lot easier There was none of the tension that hadAs if those fewKatie sleep had unlocked soood not to have to shoulder the weight of his disappointed heartbreak for one night

There was sohter The way he made everyone around him smile I hadn’t realized how incredibly likable he was How his friends looked to hi those around him in his cozy warmth, and it made you never want to leave his side

How had I never seen what an incredible guy he was?

Because I had been too up s

Katie slept for the remainder of the party The adults played cards and listened to ethers I had attended in the past But this was a group of people who enjoyed each other They fit into each other's lives, and briefly, I felt as I could fit too

That night I had a very vivid dreaers inside asm

It happened again last night Twice

It was disconcerting seeing real Kyle when the ie of naked dream Kyle was still too present in my head

“Hi, Whit,” he called out, his deep voice resonating in the early

Christ on a cracker My belly clenched, and hty dreams

“Whit” Kyle stood in my bedroom doorway For so He was all hard muscles and slick skin

“Kyle,” I rasped I was in , I’d never in a million years wear