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Keyton nodded “We’ll see you at the house”

Those two took off

Berk looked over at me

The autumn chill in the air sent a shiver down my spine—or it could be the close proximity to Berk? I stared down at our joined hands The sauys had been there, while everyone was leaving the locker rooms and could see us I’d braced myself for the cartoonish double takes Questions abouta little old to be a Make A Wish kid or even just a “why the fuck are you holding her hand?” fro Maybe I was just that good at fading into the background

“What are you doing for the rest of tonight?”

Confusion had set in for sure

“What did you have in mind?” I didn’t think it hat I wanted, because I definitely wasn’t inviting Keyton, LJ, and Marisa along

“A little friendly cohtest after he’d kissed ebra

“Sure?”

“Was that a question or are you in? This is a serious game we play Tradition”

I nodded as he threaded his fingers through ure out what exactly he was doing with

The engine of his car roared to life and I relaxed a bit, now safely inside and away from all the eyes at the stadium

He dru wheel, and the other—well, the other was onme a squeeze every couple of minutes like a reassurance that he was there Like he was saying, ‘yes, I a a whole lotthings casual had fallen on deaf ears and I’d never been happier to be ignored in my life

All this ti to keep that wall between us solid and immovable, but I should’ve known Berk would be the one to knock it down, just like he did on the field

Inside the house, ere loaded up with Nerf dart ammo like the Nerf zombie apocalypse was on its way