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“Hold up There’s nothing wrong with being a nerd Or liking data and science Being sht about Arthur and his ie and trivia

“Yeah, Vince, you should try it so at Vince Gamer kid had clearly taken the nerd crack personally, not that I blamed him

“I’d rather be fast,” Vince shot back

“Or blow soe

“Oh! Or kick it down!”

“I’onna make more money than both of you,” Seth said fir there either

“Stay in school, all of you You e your minds about your career choices” I slowed as we neared the outskirts of Port Angeles

“You sound like lanced back

“Maybe she knows a thing or two” I laughed then pointed at o”

The first place we tried was closed already, but the second had a cheerful open sign in the

“Do we get drinks too?” Vince asked

“No coffee” The last thing these kids needed was caffeine, but when they allfaces, I quickly added, “How about smoothies?”

“Thanks, Uncle Derrick” Taylor followed the twins out of the car

“He’s not our uncle,” Vince reminded him

“Might as well be” Taylor shrugged

I wasn’t about to touch that comment, so I herded the the about their chatter, kind of like being around my crew on the boat Perhaps a family was simply a different sort of team

Maybe

No I shut that line of thinking down Luckily, I had thedrink list to worry about Three drink carriers later and ere back on the road, where they peppered me with even more questions, but I didn’t mind

Much

“That was so cool,” Taylor raved as we arrived back at the camp “Thanks”