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It hurt to breathe Oh God, please let this be a bad drea up He was out alone in the dark and e, sprawling over dozens of blocks in don Toronto The thought of trying to cross busy streets without being able to see ht, he would have felt horribly exposed and unsafe, but at night?

He reached blindly for Max’s ared to bite his tongue to keep fro even more pathetic

Max seemed to hear the unspoken words He took hold of Jereet home”

“Are we going to this party or what?” so my face”

“I’ll lasses I’ to leave him out here alone”

There was soreeets way better, kid”

“Hey, you should couy who’d punched his shoulder said “Get your contacts or whatever and coet hammered I bet you could use a drink”

Another added, “This is why you were captain of the tea Always so responsible”

Max huffed “Whatever, Honey”

Honey? Jereuy Had he heard right? Had Max called him that? Maybe Jeremy had a concussion after all

Another voice called as it gota few beers for you, bro! Hurry up!”

Jeremy braced on the slippery sidewalk, his sneakers no match for the ice, theup He said, “I’h he desperately wanted this Max to stay with him

“I’ll get you home first Do you live in res?”

“Yeah, on St George” The adrenaline spike of losing his glasses see the pain in his back, at least “I’lasses Sorry”

“It’s cool Honestly? I don’t really want to go to that party My ex is going to be there You okay to walk? This weather sucks ass Guess they haven’t had a chance to salt the paths yet Need to bust out my real winter boots”

“Me too Well, I need to buy some”

“Yeah, those Chucks aren’t going to cut it” With a gentle hand on Jereuided hirass More traction”

It crunched under Jeremy’s sneakers, crusted with a thin layer of ice Jererassy area They were loo pinwheel sprays of light The holiday decorations and lights just added to the confusion

“U?” Jere ever without lasses”