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"Sure"

"Cranberry juice okay?"

"Fine," he said

"I'll be right back"

I hurried out and down the stairs, put ice cubes in the glasses, and brought them back up filled with our ho onup at the canopy when I returned I paused, s

"Sorry," he said, sitting up guiltily "It just looked so inviting"

"No, it's all right" I handed him his juice

"It's good," he said

I sat beside him and drank my own

"Why do they ets so beautiful outside? It's cruel," he said and I laughed

"It's the end of the school year, Robert What do you expect?"

"A little more consideration," he kidded

We gazed at each other I felt in to pound as he leaned closer and closer until our lips met

"I've been wanting to do that for the last hour," he said