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“Or soers to add quotations “You said you wanted to be friends, or so entail? I want to know my options”

“It probably entails not co each other I don’t know” I try to sit on a stack of boxes and they crush underneath me so I stand back up

“So, what is he, your boyfriend?” He has hands on hips and the small room shrinks to microscopic

He’s close to me now Whatever divine soap Josh uses, I need some I’ll k

eep a bar of it into heat

“You couldn’t care less if I date Danny You can’t believe any guy would want to be with me”

Instead of replying, he holds out his hand, palm up His shirt sleeves are still rolled, and I look at the strong tendons and cords in his wrists I notice for the first tiuy raised veins in his inner arms

“Touching at work is against HR policy” My throat is bone dry Not touching al

He stares expectantly at me until I slideout his hand this way, and it’s coister the heat and size of his fingers before he turns overmy hand like an injured dove

“Seriously though, did you clean this? Rose thorns can have fungus on theet infected” He presses around the wound, fussing and frowning How can he be these two differentfactor The concept is scary The only way I can get hie everything

“Josh”

When he hears ives

“I wanted you there on Friday night You, and only you And if you don’t want to be friends withGame with you”

There’s a long pause and he doesn’t react If I’veuncomfortably fast

“Really?” He is skeptical