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“Don"t you have forty-nine other clients or something?” Xander
asked irritably, and Leo rolled his eyes.
“Yeah. Yeah, in fact I do. But I"ve got a soft spot for the two of
you, okay, and not just because you have the potential to make history
after you retire. But you"re totally pissing me off, and if you don"t stop
fucking with the goddamned set, I"m going to fire myself by jamming
that thing down your throat.”
Xander grunted and waved at Leo as master of the remote. It
wasn"t the empty threat of eating the remote control that got him; it was
the very real threat of being in the house alone. Penny was moving in the
next day. She had an engagement that night, and he"d told her not to miss
anything for him.
“All yours,” he muttered. “Knock yourself out.”
Leo grunted back. “What in the hell were you looking for?”
“Chris"s color didn"t look right. I wonder if he"s sick.”
Leo was quiet for a moment as Chris took the ball, bounced it to his
center and threw himself in position for the rebound, if Cliff decided for
the long shot. Cliff went in to dunk, instead, and Chris fived him. It
wasn"t the smooth five that Chris and Xander had perfected, but it was
friendly and competitive. Xander watched the screen, puzzled. Why
hadn"t Cliff gone for the long shot? It was easy enough to make. God
knows, the two of them had spent enough time drilling three-pointers at
UNC.
“He"s not as good as you are,” Leo told him patiently.
“Cliff? He just took a while to bloom.”
“No, idiot, he"s not as good. He knew he couldn"t make the long
shot, so he couldn"t take a second and make his guard look good. That"s
how good you are, Xander. It"s how good you"vealwaysbeen.”
