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Cheat Sheet:

A piece of paper the quarterback has on his wristband to easily reference plays to be called

Balancing two cups of burning hot coffee and a box of donuts while trying to unlock a front door is not easy But because I’m the best friend a person could ever ask for—which I will remind Nathan of as soon as I e it

I hiss when I turn the lock and a splash of coffee darts out onto h the little hole in the lid I have fair skin, so there’s a one ry red mark

The moment I step inside Nathan’s apartment (which really should not be called an aparte apartether), the familiar clean and crisp scent of him knocks into me like a bus I know this smell so well I think I could follow it like a bloodhound if he ever goes

Using the heel of usto to warn Nathan that I’m on the premises ATTENTION ALL SEXY QUARTERBACKS! COVER YOUR GOODS! A GREEDY-EYED WOMAN IS IN THE HOUSE!

A high-pitched yelp sounds fro around the corner, I find a woht pink shorts-and-camisole sleep set pressed into the far corner of the wraparound whitea butcher knife to her chest We’re separated by aout, you’d think I was holding ular vein in her neck

“DON’T COME ANY CLOSER!” she screeches, and I immediately roll my eyes, because why does she have to be so screechy? She sounds like a clothespin is pinching the bridge of her nose and she has recently inhaled a whole balloon full of helium

I would raise et knifed to death, but I’oods for me and Nathan, not Miss Screechy This isn’t h, so I do what I always do and sh she pretends not to re Nathan for a few months now and we have met several times I have no idea how he spends time with this woman She seems so opposite of the type of person I would pick for him—they all do

“Kelsey! It’s h school The woman as here before you and will be here well after you REMEMBER ME?!

She releases a big puff of air and lets her shoulders sag in relief “Oh ht you were soirl who broke in somehow” She sets the knife down, raises one of her perfectly ain…you sort of are”

I narrow ht smile “Nathan up yet?”

It’s 6:30 AM on a Tuesday irlfriend of Nathan’s knows if she wants to see him at all that day, she has to wake up just as early as he does Which is why Satin-PJ-Kelsey is standing in the kitchen looking pissed off No one appreciates thequite like Nathan Well, except for me—I love it too But we’re sort of weirdos

She turns her head slowly toin her delicate baby blues “Yes He’s in the shower”

Before our run?

Kelsey looks at rieves her deeply to have to expound “I accidentally buo He had his protein shake in his hand and…” Sheit finish the story for her: I dumped Nathan’s shake down the front of hi human, so I take pity on her and turn away to set the donut box down on the ridiculously large center island

Nathan’s kitchen is fantastic It’s designed in monochrome tones of cream, black, and brass, and an expansive all overlooks the ocean It’s my favorite place in the world to cook, and exactly the opposite of e bin five blocks down the road But that due bin is affordable and close to my ballet studio, so all in all, I can’t complain