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She scrunches her face with disgust. "It's sweet. Not gross. God knows the kinds of disgusting things they do together." She slides her phone into her purse and sets it in her lap. "You know what? No adorable picturesforyou."
He chuckles. "How will Isurvive?"
"Don't look at me. You dug your own grave," sheteases.
Ethan scoots a little closer to me. He squeezesmyhand.
It calms me. Itreallydoes.
Piper turns to me. "I'm ready to eat any amount of cake. I didn't have breakfast, and I only put a hint of sugar in mycoffee."
"That was a hint?"Kitasks.
"It was barely anything,"shesays.
"A tablespoon per cup is barely anything?"heasks.
"It was lessthanthat."
"Uh-huh."
She laughs. "It was. And you're justasbad."
"I have anexcuse."
"And liking the taste isn't as valid a reason as needing thedopaminerush?"
Henods.
She smiles and flipshimoff.
He grabs her hand and sucks on her ring finger. Her left ring finger. The one adorned with the engagement ring she's been rocking for nearly ayearnow.
Piper giggles as she pulls her hand away. "Ethan, you and Violet are making us look like we'rebluffing."
"Keep bluffing." Ethan looks to Kit. "Nooffense."
Kit shrugs. He knows it's not personal. Ethan hates his sistergrowingup.
"You're waiting to finish school, right?"Iask.
Piper nods. "Only two and half years now." Her eyes light up as she looks to something behind us. "Oh my God. That looksamazing!"
"You have a problem, baby," Kitteases.
Again, she flipshimoff.
This time, when he takes her hand, he nips at herfinger.
Ethan must not notice, because he doesn't let out one of histhat's my sistergrowls.
His bright blue eyes are fixed on me. He stares at me like he's looking forcracks.
I try to offer a smile, but I'm not selling it. This whole thing makes menauseous.
And notI'm pregnantnauseous either. I took a test, double checked my birth control, tookanothertest.
No, it's just regular oldfuck, I'm not sure I can handle thisnausea.
