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Bobby’s eyes flick up at thehard at the pair of us from across the table

I wasn’t aware that he’s paying our chat a lick of mind until now

I sot plans”

Amber is persistent “She hasn’t seen you in years, Jiirls miss you, like I said We all do”

I notice that Rhea and Lena stopped arguing, both of their full attentions on me “Sorry, ladies,” I address them all as I slide three narrow slices of thin-crust pepperoni with reen peppers onto ht on “Can’t tonight Y’all will have fun without me”

“No, on’t!” blurts Lena, for which Rhea gasps and swats her friend

Amber crosses her arms “You think you’re better than us”

I eye her “That ain’t it”

“You’re all California now,” she continues to taunt “Training at so, fat, fancy acadeh school anymore”

“South Wood isn’t in California” I pop a garlic breadstick bite into ht with my buddy is all”

“So you’re gonna spend all suestive lilt in her voice “Ignore all of us? Push all the girls aside? Sounds like you don’t care a bit about any of us anymore, that’s what it sounds like to me”

“Yo, Bobs, my man!” someone shouts out from a table across the room “Over here!”

Bobby turns around with his plate It’s a table full of his soccer buddies plus a couple others, flagging hi like idiots Bobby waves back, then heads on over to the table as they shout and hoot like ani room for him to join them