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"Actually, that h I don’t think I can handle anything else right now" He headed back toward the kitchen as I downed the pills with slow sips of water I took in the rest of the apartrey décor There was a guitar in the corner, a couple of art pieces on the wall and several metal sculptures on top of a sofa table The place was surprisingly clean for a college guy

"Here you go Hope I ht"

"It’s pretty hard to screw up toast" I would have rolled my eyes if my head didn’t hurt so much This wasn’t the first time someone talked to me as if I was so in my head made my appreciate it even less

"Well, it’s just white Not wheat Not rye Not whole grain or whatever you chicks eat"

He was looking down at rin plastered on his face Part of rin forever and the other part of ood, really Do you always take girls home from the bar and into your bed? Wait, don’t answer that I probably already know the answer"

"Relax I helped you up here, took your boots off, and tucked you into bed Trust e of the situation, but I was a good boy and slept on the couch" I looked at that couch It had a blanket on one end with a pillow in the sarey as the sheets on the bed "You really shouldn’t drink yourself into a stupor when you are in a bar alone Lots of things can happen to a girl like you" His eyes looked at er Concern, maybe?

"Well, thank you I’ll keep that inhead anymore than it already was I was eht and that I ended up in his apart and flustered by his earlyat the clock on the wall, I noticed it was al to do"

"It’s Saturday," he said, lifting a brow in my direction I couldn’t expect hiree required I picked upa quick thank you

"Alex, wait" I glanced back at hiain how sorry I am about yesterday"

I turned so that every part of my body faced him "Don’t worry about it I kind of created this ht s to put er yesterday had been a knee jerk reaction

I tried to tell hiain, but the look on his face stopped , but instead remained silent After a few seconds of silence, I left his building andme at the bar alone as soon as I walked into the room Of course she reiven her the okay She had the biggest grin on her face when I told her how I foundup in Dane’s bed Fro happened between Dane and I, which was far from the truth I quickly corrected her, but the sly look never left her face I loved Jade, but I didn’t think she realized how different ere

Chapter Six

I wasn’t looking forward to seeing Dane when Monday rolled around Okay,forward to seeing him He was the only person I had ever met that could excite me and frustrate me at the same tirand entrance With Dane, everything was a grand entrance

When he walked in wearing faded jeans that sat low on his hps and a charcoal grey Henley, my mouth may have dropped open just a bit His eyes nature diht you should know that it kind of sucked not waking up with you in " I looked around to make sure no one else had heard hiear

"Well, you are going to haveas I pulled a notebook out ofI think e" He winked He seriously just winked atinmore time with hi so when I kneas destined to fail

"Do you ever leave your arrogance at hohed before leaning in so ere only inches apart