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Keyton ca a lot less like he wanted to bolt at any second “Anyone want a drink? I’ll get drinks”

“We should upgrade the TV for this season Reece’s first game is in a week”

“I’er TV” LJ sat on the couch beside Marisa

“Do you have ‘upgrade the TV’ money?” Marisa crossed her arms over her chest

“Gee, thanks for asking, Mom”

“Can you two cut down on the foreplay for five minutes?” I took another bite of edtheir two bickering kids Only these teren’t siblings or children and they wanted to bang They hadn’t come to terms with that yet, but it was only a matter of time

Both their heads turned and their double glare ame controller off the coffee table “I’ll take a beer and two glasses of shut the hell up for these two”

Keyton disappeared into the kitchen with our requests and came back with three beers, and a Shirley Temple complete with maraschino cherries for Marisa

“What college student has a coffee table? Shouldn’t this be a couple milk crates with some plywood balanced on top?” Marisa took the drink from his hand “I’d have sworn you were a senior last year You’re the only adult in the house”

“I had an off-cas around for a while” He slid coasters across the table for us to set our beers on

“If everyone pitched in, it wouldn’t be so bad” I hadn’t done my textbook buy back from last year It would come to a whole forty bucks if I was lucky

“Not all of us will be bringing in pro football paychecks in less than a year, people” Marisa waved her hands like none of us had noticed she was there

“Not all of us is right,” LJat the label of his beer

Marisa sighed “I can put in thirty-five cents and a handwritten back e coupon”

“No need to break the bank, Ris I’ deep for him And if Marisa wants to kill our joy and support for the for the TV purchase, Nix said we can watch any of the games at his place with a free food bonus”