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"Work?"

"Yeah"

He bends to lift his board "My sister is seriously going to lose her shit when she finds out I went in the ocean"

"I had fun" I drag in to towel off "You did sothat as a compliment," he says, and pulls his T-shirt on I almost whimper as all those muscles disappear beneath the cotton

"Sorry, I justthis opportunity roll "I’ll text you and we can figure out Six Flags"

My shoulders sluroan "There has to be a loophole in there so to be a lawyer; you think I’d have o this summer Let you work up your nerve a little"

I watch as he bends and straightens his flip-flops to step into theoing to still be here this summer?" I ask And with that realization, iving uess we’ll see"

Chapter TWELVE

Luke

IT’S SAFE TO say the best way to start off a weekend is not by getting your dick swabbed Any other way is better, trust me

"These tests are very accurate," the nurse assures lances at my chart "We’ll take some blood, and do a quick saenital herpes, and HIV"

"Sounds good," I croak The dreaded swab re on the tray near her elbow

"Do you have any pain when you urinate?" she asksto keep the ave hs I casually rest h I don’t knohy I’; I’ve done this once before and know that this nurse and I will be rather intimately, if clinically, acquainted before we’re done here

"No burning, no discharge?"

Instinctively, I cup ood" She smiles at me as she stands, and moves to wash her hands "I’ll do a brief visual exam and then we’ll collect soetically as she turns and dries her hands, opening the trash bin with a foot lever "I’ood; it will be quick"

The nurse turns, snaps on a pair of gloves, and walks toward h the room and I hear every one of her footfalls