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"I wasn’t a big Winnie the Pooh person when I was little," I confessed

"Yeah, but you had to have watched it at least once"

I shookhis hand on his heart

"Dramatic much?" I quizzed at his antics

"I’m just in shock How could your mom let this happen? Next, you’ll tell me you didn’t watch Sesame Street either"

I looked out

"Shut up No Sesame Street either?"

"Nope," I answered "Tressa and I were into other cartoons," I admitted

"Please tell eBob," I heasped out the answer

"Fine We were Johnny Bravo and Batman Beyond fans"

"Seriously? Those were the shoatched"

"Probably not for the saly as he pulled into the driveway beside Trish’s ht Johnny Bravo and Bruce Wayne were cute," Ifrorabbingme to the stairs to his apartment

"You are a flirt"

"Brittni," Hollie squealed, barreling down the basement stairs as we entered Justin’s aparter to keep my balance

"Hollie, what did I tell you?" Justin chastised

"That I have to knock before I come down here," Hollie answered petulantly

"Knock and what else?" he asked, placing my suitcase on the coffee table

"And wait until you answer," she added reluctantly

"Exactly If I were in a regular aparte in anyti you every day, but you have to respect o back upstairs and knock," he said, steering her toward the stairs

"Sheesh, it’s not like you tere lip-locked or anything," she h love?" I asked, turning to Justin

"I just want her to know her boundaries I don’t want to have to worry about her interrupting us all the time for the next three weeks"

"And what exactly do you think she’ll be interrupting?" I teased, wrappinga kiss on his neck "Maybe this?" I added, running the tip ofon his earlobe with rowled, dragging ainst his pelvis to emphasize his point I ainst h," he said, dropping a quick kiss onyou to that," I taunted, trailing hi her a one-ar a bowl of chocolate chip cookie dough

"Son, Brittni," Trish greeted us Her voice seehtly strained when she saidsoer

"Gross," Hollie piped in, taking the tirab a spoon for her own stolen bite "Can Justin and I bring the decorations do?" she asked with puppy-dog eyes

"As long as your bedrooh onto a cookie sheet

"It is," Hollie clairabbed Justin’s hand to drag hi froot it Sit and relax I bet Mo to share her coffee," he said, indicating the coffeepot on the counter

"Cups are in the cabinet over theunco Aard silence filled the room as I doctored upback to my seat

Trish kept her eyes on the task at hand, while I conte her Finally, after several e It was like re a Band-Aid If you did it slowly, it hurt wayif I should have fallen back on formality and used her last na troubled

"Are you upset that I’ the Band-Aid off in one swift"I’ the fact that irlfriend"

"It’s just temporary," I answered weakly

"I know, dear I also know that you’re both adults It just seeirlfriend underrelieved that she was finally able to get it off her chest

"Would it help if I slept on the couch?" I offered

"No, dear, that’s not necessary I keep re myself that if Justin were in his own apartment, he would be free to have whomever he wants over"

"I’m sorry it makes you uncomfortable," I said sincerely "I can still rent a room off campus," I volunteered

"Honey, that’s not necessary I’ like an old fuddy-duddy Who would have ever thought I’d turn intoruefully "Just tell rand uncoh on the list of things I wanted to talk about with a parental figure

"That’s all I ask," she said, flashing a genuine s any further sex conversation Their arms were loaded with clear plastic tubs filled with Christmas decorations The three of us spent the rest of the day decorating while Trish baked enough cookies to feed an ar aroma By the time darkness fell, the house looked like an elf had puked up the North Pole everywhere Hollie kept up her usual steady strea up only when Travis threatened to buy her a ht before Justin and I finally found ourselves alone in his aparte of his bed He grabbed s "I’ve been fantasizing about this all day," he added, deftly unfastening the buttons ofs felt unusually weak

"It’s been a long teeks I think we need to ether before we have to take exaht below o over ith yourhis shoulders harder as his lips left a fiery trail across my abdomen

"What do you mean?" he asked as I crawled on top of his lap to straddle hi" I was pretty sure his mom wanted our earlier conversation to stay between us

"Just think how nice it would be to do this in between studying," Justin said, gripping ainst me

"It would definitely est," I said I reached a hand down to stroke hiainst ht Teeks is way too long," I said, pushing his shoulders back until ere both lying on his bed

"Never again," he answered, capturing reed as we re He flipped hed with pleasure as I felt hiether

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