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I ignore the sharp pain in my face as I search for my clothes. Heidi does the same and we pass each other items back and forth as we find them strung out on her floor.
Heidi zips up her jeans. “I’ll distract him,” she says. “You sneak out through the kitchen.”
I nod, eager to get as far away from here as I can. If Seth finds out I spent the night here with his sister, well...
I’m just not going to think about that right now.
Heidi pauses with her hand on the doorknob. She sneaks forward to look around the corner into the living room, her hand discreetly holding me back behind her.
“So, what can you tell me about Jack?” we hear Jenna say.
“Jack?” Seth asks.
“Yeah, Delta Xi Jack. I hooked up with him after a party a few weeks back and he’s been dodging my messages, so what’s up with that?”
“I... don’t know. You’ll have to ask Jack.”
Heidi moves on cat-like paws, silently getting an angle on the room. After a second, she waves her hand, guiding me to bolt for the kitchen across the living room.
I rush forward with my socks and shoes in hand. Seth stands with his back to me, thankfully keeping his eyes on Jenna as she engages him in conversation he clearly wants none of.
“Well, you’ve got to know something about him,” Jenna says as I pass through the room. “You live together.”
“He... likes music?”
I reach the kitchen, almost scot-free.
Heidi casually strides forward into the room. “Hey, Seth,” she says. “Sorry, I overslept and completely forgot...”
I pause by the back door to throw on my socks and shoes. My eyes tingle, my skin and eyelashes still coated with a layer of... well, Heidi.
I yank a paper towel off the roll by the sink and moisten it with water before spinning back around to escape through the door.
“Fuck!” I hiss, somehow forgetting the lingering pain firing through my nose as I dab my eyes too hard.
“Drew?”
Oh, shit.
Shit. Shit.
I turn around slowly as Seth walks in. He comes to a stop in the doorway with his brow furrowed and shoes planted on the linoleum.
Heidi whips in behind him, far too timid and panicked to say a word.
“Oh, hey, man...” I dab my eyes. If we’re going to have this conversation now, I’d rather not do it with his sister’s fluids all over me. “What’s up?”
“What are you doing here?” Seth asks, rightfully confused.
“Me? Nothing. What, uh...” I clear my dry throat. “What are you doing here?”
He shifts slightly in confusion. “I’m picking up my sister. What are you doing here?”
“Just hanging out.”
“Hanging out?”
“Yeah.”
