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"Coop, aren’t you sick of chasing h her short hair and wiggled her nose as she hts had turned on; each one dressed reaths and white Christe tree in the center of the park dressed up with a large star placed on the top
I could tell they took their holidays seriously in this town, and I would be lying if I said it wasn’t a nice treat I couldn’t remember the last time I had a Christ,?" I wondered out loud She couldn’t have been on her way back to my cousin’s place That ay too far to walk Especially in this weather
"I told ht?"
She delivered a short smile and ran her hand over her eyebrow "Better than yesterday Did you know Eric and Michelle are engaged?"
I nodded I’d congratulated therumbled to herself and cussed out loud "How did Iyour ass chewed out by your mother"
"True fact" She shifted her body and reetting along great"
"Jealous, are we?" I joked She looked to me and raised an eyebrow
"Rachel McLean has slept with every guy on the high school football team at least four times around And I’e So if that’s what you’re into, go for it"
Her cheeks were turning red, and I doubted it was due to the chill "Do you have her nuhed as I saw her mouth drop open froht little tap No, she fking slugged me
"Cooper Michael, I swear if you--" she started to scold ive you a ride," I offered I had the rental car fro alone at night Sure, this place wasn’t New York City, but who knehat kind of sht down the way"
"Andie, come on Don’t let our friendship suffer like this," I whiled and nodded as she joined ," I kept telling her
Rolling her eyes, she bit her lip "I’ so hard"
"I’ and facedsprinkled with snowflakes I took her hand in orgeous night and I was pretty da this moment with her After I spun her around, I took her inher in close toI could see her breath as she tried to control her nerves She didn’t dare look away, and we held onto the connection for as long as we could And she spoke softly "If you’re not looking for sex, what are you looking for?"
I ranher to move back if she wished, but she remained close to me I leaned in closer and whispered into her ear "You"
I stepped away from her and continued on to the car For ato follow h heels were not heard, but I had to trust ut I had to trust Andrea that she would join me in my offer to drive her to her parents
It took her awhile--her steps were so soft I hardly heard her approaching--but when I opened the passenger’s door and turned around, she was patiently waiting to enter the vehicle
"DO YOU WANT so?" Betty asked as she picked up my plate that had been cleared after round two and headed to the kitchen I watched Andrea pick around at her food--she was still on her first plate I could see Betty wanting to say so iht, but I assuain You live and you learn
I patted my sto, there was no way it would be able to fit in ut Mrs Evans kne to cook I hadn’t had such a wonderful tasting Thanksgiving meal since "
Betty reentered the dining roo a chocolate cake No, not just a chocolate cake A triple layer, chocolate chip, dark fudge chocolate cake
I couldn’t be positive, but I was pretty damn sure I drooled
"Are you sure, honey? There’s cake! I made it this afternoon"
I rubbed my hand acrossit look as if I were really thinking of not having the delicious dessert Hell, I didn’t even have to taste the cake to knoas outstanding There was no way I wasn’t going to have any of it But I smirked and nodded "You knohat, Betty? I think I’ll have a small slice"
She set plates I looked over to the stunning girl sitting across from me and winked at her Her rosy cheeks which followed ht
I looked over to Andrea’s dad, as reading a cardinner he told me how he had planned to learn how to fix cars Andrea inforrinned and informed me that he was Mr Try-It-Break-It-Throw-It-And-Then-Sometimes-Fix-It
She loved her dad
He loved her just as ure
As Betty reentered with the plates and sliced us each a piece I began to devour the hell out of dessert
I ser against her plate pick up the remains of cake crumbs, and eat them Betty’s eyes sparkled with excitement when she saw this, and she watched as Andrea reached for another piece In that moment, Andrea made her mama really happy After they finished, Andrea helped her mom clean off the table and they left us two men to ourselves
"Walter, your wife really has a ith cooking This was probably the besttime," I praised