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“Oh, you mean the same ass you enjoyed feeling up outside your house that day?”
“That was a slip.”
“Yeah,” she agreed, “A slip ofyourtongue inmymouth.”
“I meant figuratively,” I told her, pulling my hood up to hide my amusement.
“Which you displayed literally,” she huffed, before adding, “So, when are you coming back to school?”
“After the midterm next month,” I replied, shoving my hands into the front pocket of my hoodie. “How’s it going over there?”
“Oh, you know,” she replied breezily, waving a hand around in front of her. “Pariah number one, meet pariah number two.”
“That bad, huh?”
“Ah, it’ll blow over once the dust settles,” she said with a resigned sigh. “It’s only a bit of hazing.”
I frowned. “From Paul?”
“And the delightful Danielle, who’s still holding onto her grudge with a death grip.” Smirking, she cast me a sideways glance. “You sure caused some damage to her pride with your dick, Joe.”
“Yeah, well…” I shrugged, not having a fucking clue of how to answer that. “What can I say?”
“You could explain what you were thinking,” she challenged, and I didn’t miss the bite in her tone. “Of all the girls in school that you could’ve messed around with that night, you had to pick the grade-a clinger.”
“Yeah, well, she wasn’t my first choice that night,” I heard myself admit. “If I recall correctly, my first choice was taken.”
Stopping in her tracks, she turned and looked up at me. “She’s not taken anymore.”
“Are you serious?” My eyes widened. “Rebecca’s single now?”
Molloy’s eyes narrowed. “You dick.”
“Relax,” I laughed, narrowly avoiding a side swipe. “I’m only messing with you.”
“Not funny.”
“So, you’re finally finished with Paul the prick?”
“Yep.”
“For good?”
“Unless hell freezes over.”
“Good, he was a prick.”
“So you’ve said a time or twenty.” Falling into step alongside me once again, she nudged me with her elbow and asked, “So, what’s happening here, Joey?”
Nudging her back gently, I said, “You tell me, Molloy.”
She exhaled a ragged breath, causing the cold night air to expel from her lips like a puff of smoke. “You’re not going to make this easy for us, are you?”
“No.” I shook my head. “No, I’m not.”
“Fine. How’s this for easy? I like you,” she came right out and declared, and fuck if my heart didn’t pound in my chest in response. “And before you start with all of your bullshit denials, Iknowyou like me back,” she was quick to add. “It stands to reason that if we both like each other – which webothdo…” She paused to narrow her eyes and point a warning finger in my face. “Then shouldn’t we, you know, continue liking each other on an exclusive basis?”
Slowing my feet to a stop, I tilted my head to one side, and watched her. “Are you propositioning me, Molloy?”
