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Meg went on “Iat the bus station, even the old lady behind us was like, get a room”

“We’re not—” He tossed his toilet bag onto the bed and zipped his e it into the corner by the closet “Fine, we had a little friends-with-benefits thing going on, but just for a few days I told hireed to put on the brakes He’s a nice kid Are you going to narc? Would you rather he spent Christmas alone in res?”

She curled her lip “Obviously not What kind of asshole do you take me for? Also, Mom and Dad wouldn’t throw hiht about us sleeping in the sah we’re supposed to be adults, it’s their house, so whatever You and Jere in separate roo weird about this?”

“Because I’m not supposed to like him this much!” Max shout-whispered

Meg grinned triumphantly but kept her voice down “I knew it”

“Yeah, yeah”

She frowned “So what’s the prob? He seems really sweet Kinda nerdy, so not your usual type, but nothing wrong with that”

“I was just going to do a little fairy godfathering Help him find his way since he came out pretty recently and doesn’t really have any friends at school yet” Obviously Max wasn’t going to betray Jerein stuff “I’ for him”

“Why not?”

“Because that’s not the plan” But did he even want that plan?

“I kno school will be busy, but I’ it”

Law school was the last thing he wanted to get into “I’ve just had everything laid out for so long and now…”

She s “You know, it’s okay for Captain Max to not have every little thing figured out You can call an audible”

“Changing the play at the last o well”

I promised Mom at her funeral I’d be a lawyer just like her

But do I actually want to be a lawyer? Would I rather be a teacher? Or so else?

Will Mom understand?

Meg said, “But soet a touchdown”

“Kids!” Valerie called from downstairs “Tree time!”

It was a relief to put aside the swirl of conflicting e Theyout of the bathroo from the kitchen with relish as Jeremy asked, “Wow What is that?”