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His stomach swooped as Max waved fro up As he waved back, Jereht up” He was just s off his dimples

“Hey!” Max said as Jeremy joined him Then he stepped closer and leaned down before suddenly jerking back and painting on another s?”

“Great!”

Was he going to kissto kiss ined it It’s the bus fumes We’re officially paused And we’re not a “we” yet

“Great!” Max echoed

They se of his neoolen toque “Are you sure your fa?”

“Absolutely The ain “You’ll probably be bored We’re not very exciting”

“I won’t be! I’ either”

Max chuckled, his cheeks diainst protocol Seeing Max again in person, the urge to cli motor

It was like when you were hungry, but you didn’t realize just how starving until you had a bite of food And then you were ravenous and you wanted to shove everything in your mouth Which erous train of thought They were just friends now

Thirteen days until January first Max hadn’t said if they were staying for New Year’s Eve or coer than thirteen days If they came back for New Year’s, did that mean they could unpause a day early?

“You good?” Max asked

“Yep!” Just needed to stop obsessing “Thanks again,” Jeremy said “I don’t need excitement I’m just happy to be with you” He quickly added, “And your family I mean I’ll be happy to be with the “Thank you”