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His touch ar It sent a little jolt of electricity up my arm

So them from behind as they headed up the stairs

Reaching for the brush again, I tried pushing those thoughts away

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COLIN

“Did you see her?” Brandon whispered as we reached the upstairs landing “She’s perfect!”

Hunter pushed past us, peering into each bedroom as he walked by He’d take the best one for himself, I knew That’s how it had always been; back when he’d been President of our fraternity house, and even before

“Leave her alone,” I warned “She’s off limits”

“Really? And who decided that?”

“We did,” I snapped, “the moment we decided to move in here”

Staring back at hiet it Maybe he never would To Brandon, the University’s latest in a string of football prodigies, restraint simply wasn’t in his vocabulary

“Look, you don’t shit where you eat,” I explained “All one of us has to do is piss her off and then we’re out on our asses again It’ll be just like Oa Alpha”

Oa Alpha It was still a sore subject between the three of us We’d made a pact not to talk about it, at least not until the seht

“Hey, I’ to piss her off,” Brandon replied “Just the opposite! I’ to show her some fun Make her happy Get her all—”

“Get her all hot and bothered and into you,” I finished for him, “and then toss her away for the first cheerleader who throws a pom-pom your way”