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I smile “Do people normally toast with beer?”

He shrugs “I don’t know But that’s not going to stop me What should we toast to?”

I think about it for a second “To new friends?”

With an unbelievably sexy grin he asks, “What if I want to explore being more than friends?”

I roll ive up?”

I findat his di I want”

I sigh and get serious again “Riley, I could really use a friend right now I just lostI’ve ever known I need to focus on school and gettingelse”

He considers that for abrown eyes He clinks his glass to mine and says, “To friends, then I’ll be the best damn one you’ve ever had”

DEVYN

I’M OVER AT RILEY’S place watching a basketball game He decided to live off campus and rented an apart out here because I’ot a sle this year that has a private bath so it’s not awful but it’s really cramped Rye asked me to take the other bedroom in this place before he considered Josh but I didn’t have the budget for it My brother and I sold our parents’ house last year and I only had enough h all four years of school with dor on ca to do I’d rather not have to get a part time job that could potentially sacrifice my study time and I definitely didn’t want to take out student loans if I didn’t have to

“That’s BULLSHIT! Get your head out of your ass and put the da Christ!”

I give hi to a girl again?” Riley’s a huge Lakers fan I’irl Portland is up by twenty points at the bottom of the fourth quarter The loser has to buy pizza next tie with the works since he’ll be paying

He pulls me into a playful headlock and yanks on my ponytail “Watch it, Summers I know

your weaknesses”

I punch his leg “Ha! I have no weaknesses!”