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I grin “Jazz”

Lawson takes my hand and places a kiss on top “It’s very nice to meet you, Jazz So, where are you from?”

“LA Watts area, to be more specific”

Lawson lifts his eyebrows in surprise “Quite the upgrade”

“Depends who you ask, I suppose” I shrug Thinking about hoe the subject “Do you go to UCLA?”

He nods “I do—freshman year What about you?”

“Uh I’ht now Senior year”

“I know Windsor well Graduated last year” He scoots a little closer “How do you like it so far?”

“The school seeht Most of the student body, not so much”

Lawson laughs “That good, huh? I can’t i in”

“Well, then you’d be surprised”

Lawson and I make sht “You interested in taking a dip in the hot tub?”

On the other end of the deck, there’s a huge hot tub sitting under a pergola lined with mini Edison bulbs There’s only one couple in it, but they’re going at it pretty hot and heavy

I point to them “I don’t know if they’d enjoy the company”

He follows hs “I’m pretty sure they won’t even notice we’re there”