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Jake: …
Archie: …
Bubba: We’re not doing this to her.
Agree or you’re out.
Archie: Excuse me?
Coop: No—he’s right.
This would hurt her.
Archie: Fine.
Jake: Fine
Bubba: And Coop? Butt out if a car is there.
Coop: I asked a question.
Jake: OMW
Bubba: You know why you did it.
Coop: Fine. I can’t believe you’re fine
with it.
Bubba: Didn’t say I was.
Archie: So, you don’t like it.
Bubba: Didn’t say that, either.
Archie: Fine, Mr. Perfect.
Bubba: See you at school.
Archie: Yeah.
Chapter Eighteen
So… good talk
Walking out of the apartment with Jake was a little surreal. He’d slept right next to me—wrapped around me, really, the whole night. Then…well, make out didn’t quite cover what we did or what I got to help him with in the shower. The butterflies in my stomach had a litter of kittens, and I waxed between giggling and nervous as hell.
A beat before we walked out the door, Jake gripped the handle and stared me. His intent gaze had heat flooding my face. For as long as I could remember, I’d been one of the guys. I heard about who they dated, how far they got, and more than once, how they couldn’t get rid of them. Them—the girls who clung past the point when the guys wanted them there.
Now, the shoe was on the other foot. I’d suddenly become one of the girls and…
“Hey,” Jake said. “What is going through head right now? You look like you can’t decide whether to be sick or not.”
“I’m—” Scared? Nervous? Happy? Ecstatic?Reallyhappy. Too happy. Happy didn’t last long. “I don’t regret anything, I’m just not sure how we do this.”
“Do what? Go to school? Get our homework done? Get our applications ready to submit?” A hint of teasing softened his expression. He’d managed to shave using my razor. Fortunately, I had extras. “Frankie, we do what we’ve done every other day. We just be us.”
“Be us.” Us had been changing a lot. Bubba was Ian now and he kissed me at school. Archie was planning dates. Coop wanted to take me out and…
