*y'know how I sometimes talk about not innocent things
This is one of those times so be warned*
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"What do you want for your birthday?"
"Jeremih."
"What the—"
"Jeremih."
"Who the hell is Jeremy?"
"One, its Jeremih. And two, he sings the song that a bunch of people grind to..."
"T-Travis, I—"
"Oh! It's called Birthday Sex, I think."
Ethan backed up, blushing madly. Travis laughed and rolled his eyes.
"Really, I'm kidding. I just want to make you blush—"
"Oh, thank god."
"—before and during movie night."
"What?"
"Well, it is a Friday night. You are going to sleep over, right?"
"..."
"..."
Ethan sighed and slumped down onto the counter.
"You're lucky I have no friends."
"I'm sure you have friends."
"No close ones. All of the guys either smoke weed or play video games every day."
"Why n—"
"Girls? I've tried to hang out with. Not my speed, but they're pretty okay."
"Oh."
"..."
"On the bright side, it's your senior year."
"Good point. We can always make new friends."
Travis crossed his arms and smiled.
"We?"
"What, you don't want to do that whole 'introduced as a couple' thing?"
They started to laugh, the noise barreling through the store. Heads turned, smiled, and continued to browse.
"Let's wait on the 'couple introducing'. That's a thing my moms do."
Ethan looked down, then looked back up at Ethan and smiled.
"I like your moms, okay?"
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Americans,
You can get a free Doritos Locos Taco from Taco Bell on November 2nd because a guy stole a base during the first game of the World Series. This is not a drill.
Fanart contest deadline is in five days! I've only gotten two entries so far :3
Have a great day everyone!
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Short StoryREWRITING! "Where are you getting all of this money from anyways?" ••• In which a boy goes into a bookstore every day to buy a copy of Romeo and Juliet and attracts the attention of an employee. ••• 07SS 10/29/16 Cover by @formulate
