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“Look at you guys going straight now!” Oliver and Taylor zooo!”

Splash Of course, their attention ether “Oops Sorry”

“Nah I think that was me that time,” I lied

“I’d offer to race you to the picnic spot, but I wouldn’t want to make you feel bad” Oliver made no attempt to hide his amusement over our difficulties

“You’re on” Voice all angry, Arthur didn’t glance back atto paddle harder

Well, okay, then I didn’t fully understand sibling rivalry, but I’d been pushed by ill-advised bets enough in training to knohere he was coot caught up in the race right along with Arthur

Apparently being pissed off i pace for once, and I couldout strokes for Taylor in a quick rhyth that I should have thought of doing and undoubtedly would have had my brain not been so sex-addled

Later I still wasn’t sure why I’d relented, other than that I was human and there was only so much temptation I could take Botto with Arthur, and the anticipation had me far less sharp than usual What should have been an easy victory against Oliver and the kid turned into a neck-and-neck race

Ahead of us, a row of kayaks and canoes were already lined up on a rocky patch of shore, and so At the last second, we inched ahead of the other kayak, and our boat was first to touch the rocks

“We did it!” Arthur whooped

“It was a tie,” Oliver grumbled

“Close enough” Undeterred, Arthur helpedat Oliver

“You’re cute when you win,” I said before I remembered we had an audience

“Dacute” Oliver rolled his eyes at us

“You’re alood at the boyfriend act,” Arthur whispered when they were out of earshot