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“Lime. In my water. In my iced tea. I love it. When I’m out to eat and I order iced tea with a lime wedge, the server always looks at me like I’ve lost my mind.”

“Not at a Mexican restaurant, they wouldn’t.”

“True.”

“What else do you love?” I ask her, wanting to know every one of her favorites.

“Fountain pop and that little ice that’s super crunchy and soft at the same time. If I could have a soda machine in my house and one of those ice machines… oh man. That’d be like a dream come true.”

“Like Sonic ice?”

“Yes! Exactly. Ahh, so good. Right? I could crunch on that stuff all night long.”

Chapter 11

Olivia

“I’ve never brokena bone before. No stitches, either.”

I sit up in my chair. “No way! For real?”

“Nope. Dad said I was always really accident prone, too, so he assumed I would have been in the ER a few times but never. I’m indestructible.”

“Ha! Right.”

“What about you?”

“I broke my arm when I was eight. I fell off my bike when I was chasing Owen.”

“So it’s Owen’s fault.”

“Obviously. It took me a year to get the courage to get back on again.”

Chapter 12

Ethan

“Didyou have a job in high school?”

“Kind of. I babysat in the summers for a neighbor family with two kids. During the school year I worked at a grocery store.”

“Why is that kind of working? It sounds to me like you did a lot of working.”

“Because I didn’t get paid for the babysitting.”

“What do you mean?”

“They couldn’t afford to pay me because they got stuck with some really hefty medical bills so I helped them out.”

“That’s… wow. Hearing that just gave me a boner.” Not even lying. She’s so sweet. So giving. It would be impossible not to fall for her.

“You’re such a dork.”

“You’ve said that a time or two.”

“Yeah, well, truth hurts.”

“You gave up your summers to babysit for free?”

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