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i am legally an adult but SIGNIFICANTLY younger

I press my lips together. Very hard. Do not react. Do not react. Do not react.

Finn:

Get back to work.

Emmett:

rude

you didn’t answer though

Finn:

I’m not answering.

Emmett:

so he IS single

Finn:

I did not say that.

Emmett:

you didn’t say he wasn’t

Finn:

EMMETT.

Emmett:

okay okay

There’s a blessed thirty seconds of silence. Then:

Emmett:

boss

actually, hear me out

YOU should hook up with him

I rub my temples. Fox is completely oblivious to what’s happening right in front of him as he’s working hard to help me.

Emmett:

can you imagine

a ROCK STAR

boss it would be like the plot of a romance novel

you work too hard, you never date, you always carry the weight of the world on your shoulders.