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“Yeah, she likes to do that,” I say as I look up at her. “Does anyone know anything about parrots?”
“I do,” Cedrick says, putting his hand up. “Their Latin name is Psittaciformes and they are conformed by four families. There’s the Psittaculidae, which are the Old World parrots, the Psittacidae from the African and New World, obviously, the Cacatuoidea commonly referred to as cockatoos, and the Strigopidae originating in New Zealand. And they are one of the most intelligent birds. They’re not just a pretty face.”
Cedrick looks around for a laugh, but these jocks just stare at him, dumbstruck.
Lauren giggles.
Wow, they really are made for one another.
“I was thinking more about how to get her down.”
“Oh,” Cedrick says. “That I don’t know.”
Austin walks into the kitchen and the parrot swoops down and lands on his shoulder.
Everyone laughs at the surprised look on my man’s face.
“Is she going to bite my ear off?” Austin asks, cringing.
I laugh as I go over to him. “No, she just wants to be close to you.”
Is it bad that I’m jealous of a damn parrot?
“You look like a pirate,” I say with a chuckle.
He tries to shake her off, but she doesn’t leave.
“I guess I’ll have to get used to this,” he says as he walks to the fridge with the bird on his shoulder.
“I can get used to it,” I say with a grin. “I’ve always had a thing for pirates.”
The boys all laugh as they start teasing him.
“Captain Arggh-ustin,” Svensson says.
“Lover of booty,” Nolan adds.
“Swashbuckler of the icy seas,” Cedrick says, getting a chuckle from everyone this time.
I wrap my arm around Austin and kiss his big shoulder.
They can tease him all they want. I think it’s sexy.
I’m already planning some role-playing. An eyepatch and an open frilly shirt for my hot smoldering pirate.
I’ll be his sea wench, or his prisoner, or his dirty little whore.
I’ll be anything for this man.
As long as he keeps looking at me with that delicious smile.
I’ll do whatever he wants.
EPILOGUE
Austin
Thirty years later…
