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“Can’t wait.” He kissed my temple, still smiling. “Night, pretty girl.”
* * *
Adrien didn’t ask or push me about the Kanun interview. When I woke up the next morning and saw his name pop up on my phone, I thought maybe he’d at least hint at it, but it was just a very sweetgood morningtext that I stared at for way too long, gushing internally.
Jamie, on the other hand, had never heard the word boundaryin her life. I was in the middle of typing out my carefully crafted response to Adrien when the honey-haired Tasmanian devil kicked down my door. Next thing I knew, I was staring down a barrel of doom.
“Where’d you get a water gun?” I asked, tucking my phone under the protection of my blanket.
“Get up,” she demanded coldly. “You have an interview in five hours.”
“I don’t even know if I’m—pfthshh Jamie!” I hurled my pillow at her.
“Up!” she commanded again. “I’ve got coffee and breakfast ready, and five outfits laid out for you to choose from.”
“Do you really?”
“Yeah. And interview prep questions. I’ve taken the morning off so we can go over them.”
“That’s really nice, Jamie. You’re such a good friend.”
She grinned boastfully, shoulders pushing back. Like afool. “I know. Some people might say I’m babying you. But to them, I say, fuck—”
I lunged the second she lowered her defenses, grappling the water gun out of her grip.
“Well, well, well,” I said as she raised her hands. “If it isn’t the consequences of your own actions.”
Toebeans chose that exact moment to waddle gracefully into my room, meowing for attention like his tail was on fire.
“Morning, cutie,” I cooed as he snaked between Jamie’s legs.
“All right, actual truce,” she said. “He’ll throw a literal hissy fit if you get a drop on him. Also, the interview. You’re going. I don’t care if I have to drag you down there kicking and screaming, you’re going.”
I lowered my gun, pouting in thought.
Normally this would be a mistake. She’d jump for the gun the second I stopped gripping it with both hands. Today, though, she just watched as I tossed it onto my bed.
I wrapped my arms around her waist, hugging my Jamie tight. “I don’t deserve you,” I told her honestly.
She returned my embrace, sighing dramatically. “No one does. I’m amazing.”
I hummed my sincere agreement. “And Jams?”
“Yeah?”
“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome,” she said. “And Ree?”
“Yeah?”
“You’re going.”
I released her and took a step back. There was only one right answer, and we both knew it. “I’m going,” I confirmed.
She smiled.
I smiled.
