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“Don’t be. You’re a cute drunk.”

I rolled my eyes.

“I like when you do that too. I don’t want to sound creepy. But, obviously I’ve been watching you a lot from a distance. And you have so many cute mannerisms.”

“That is creepy, Leo. Seriously, why didn’t you just tell me you were my kiss thief?”

He shrugged. “I was kinda just liking being Leo the Rugged Thief to you for a bit.”

“I can’t believe I told you your nickname too. I was out of control at homecoming.”

“I don’t think you were out of control. I think you knew exactly what you were doing.” His eyes fell to my lips.

I cleared my throat. “I’m sorry, Leo, but I really don’t think I should stay...”

The waitress coming over cut me off. “Are you two ready to order?”

“Yes,” Leo said. “We’ll have two orders of the crab cake entrée. And some waters.”

“Great choice,” she said. “I’ll be right back with your waters.” She walked off.

Gah. I really did love crab cakes. Which my kiss thief obviously knew. Because our favorite foods were one of the many things we talked about. “You don’t want a steak?” I asked.

He shrugged. “Eh. I’d rather give your favorite a try tonight.”

I put my chin in my hand and stared at him. I couldn’t believe I hadn’t put it together before. I’d been freaking out about my kiss thief for no reason. Leo wasn’t a teacher or some homeless person. He was...Leo.

“Like that,” he said.

“What?”

“One of your many mannerisms. When you get lost in thought you have this cute dazed look.”

I shook my head and dropped my hand. “I do not.”

“You do too.”

Well, I did know I had a tendency to overanalyze everything in my head. But no one had told me it was cute before. “I really should go.”

“Back to your running back? Because you told me you had a thing for hot kickers.”

“I was just trying to figure out who my kiss thief was.”

He looked pleased by that comment. “So you were trying to get me to kiss you during our dance?”

“What?”

He laughed. “You kept mentioning so many other guys you wanted to dance with, but you were flirting with me really hard, and I didn’t know what the heck you wanted.”

Right...I’d been trying to figure out who my kiss thief was. And I wouldn’t say I flirted with him really hard.

“But you wanted me to hook up with you.” He smiled. “I knew it.”

“I mean, I didn’t know it would be you.”

He laughed. “You really are quite fascinating. And I thought about what you said.”

I stared at him. “What did I say?”