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Just hanging out.
And I get it.
I’m sure you and everyone else is thinking… oh, look at Knox go. Next to Willow. That’s kind of a cute thing, huh? That would be a nice hookup.
Yeah. Right.
“Hey,” I say to Willow. “Serious talk?”
“Ut-oh. I don’t like the sound of that.”
“I’m just… you know… with all this stuff going on. I’m not trying to slide into you or anything like that…”
“Knox, spit it out,” Willow says.
“Are you doing okay?”
“That’s what you wanted to ask?”
“Yeah. Can’t be easy to see a family member go through what’s happening.”
“I’ve had time to think it all through. And my brother is an asshole. I love him. But he’s an asshole. This is what’s best for him for sure.”
“But are you okay?”
“I think I’m doing okay,” she says. “I’m here. Anything else?”
She smiles and leans into me.
She nudges me.
“Okay, enough nice guy talk,” I say. “Want me to say something mean?”
“Please don’t.”
I smile at her.
Suddenly I’ve got the alcohol talking to me.
Willow…? Hmm…
She gasps and looks at her phone. “Oh, sweet! I’ve got to go.”
“Bailing on me?”
She wiggles her phone. “I have a… date…”
“Ah,” I say. “Hookup app.”
“Don’t say it like that.”
“What? There’s nothing wrong with that.”
“I guess. I mean, yeah, whatever. Big deal.”
“Hey,” I say. “If by some chance things don’t match up… picture to the person… and you need someone… give me a call.”
“Are you really trying to be a wingman for my date?”
