Page 14 of Fearlessly Us

Avery

Brother, huh?

Me

I’m trying it on for size.

Avery

How does it feel?

Me

Like I wish I could have been your brother all these years and not just for the past six months.

Avery

Stop it. You’ve done more for me in the past six months than anyone else, including my grandmother, who I literally live with.

Me

Still not great?

Avery

It’s fine, I guess. She just has her life and all her activities and she’s not around much. It’s not like I need to be parented or whatever, but it would be cool to see her once in a while.

Me

Offer still stands, Aves. I have four bedrooms no one uses. Any one of them can be yours, and I was aces at calculus. I loved that shit.

Avery

Seriously?

Me

Uh, yeah. You think football players can’t do math?

Avery

Not football players in general. You, in particular, don’t seem like a math person. Maybe it’s all the shirtless workout posts and the pictures online of you with different women in every city.

Me

Hey, there haven’t been pictures like that in a while. It’s just been me and my sourdough for months.

Avery

Oh my god, the chocolate chip one you dropped off the other day was so freaking good. I may or may not have eaten the entire thing by myself.

Me

I’ll make you another one tomorrow. I’m thinking of adding cinnamon and doing a whole chocolate chip French toast thing.

Avery

I have really good taste in brothers.