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“So we can start with James kissing her. And then we can all get in a brawl…”

Nope, Rob was just being an ass.

James laughed. “As much as Matt deserves that, it’s Penny’s birthday. And I don’t think she’d like it if I kissed Brooklyn.”

He didn’t say he wouldn’t like it though… But I was pretty sure he was just being an ass like his brother. “Yeah, that’s a no go,” I said.

“You didn’t let me finish.” Rob slid off the kitchen counter. “That was just the beginning. To set the stage. Then it’s time for the big show. I was thinking maybe we can get Poppy or someone to kidnap Brooklyn. But instead of Brooklyn running naked into James’ arms, we can force her to run to you. So you can be her knight in shining armor or whatever. And then you propose.”

James laughed again. “I like that we have toforceBrooklyn to run to him instead of me.”

“Right, because naturally she’d run to you,” Rob said. “It’s a classic Hunter Sanders mess around.” Rob smiled. And he got that glint in his eye that meant he was up to no good.

“What?” I asked. “What is that look for?”

“Nothing. I just remembered something important.”

I waited, but he didn’t elaborate. I just shook my head. “Forget about homecoming. I don’t want to recreate that shit night. This is supposed to be the prom Brooklyn never had. And the prom Penny never had. We’re not bringing our pasts into it.”

“So what’s your plan?” Mason asked.

“I already talked to Penny and she gave me the okay to have me and Brooklyn announced as prom king and queen at the end of the night. When we’re having our dance I’m just going to get down on one knee and ask.”

“Solid,” Mason said.

Rob shrugged. “I don’t know…my idea was pretty good too. And it didn’t involve rigging the results of prom king and queen.”

“I think Matt’s plan is great,” James said. “Brooklyn will really like that.”

I glared at him. Why did he think he knew what Brooklyn liked?

James laughed and lifted up his hands. “Okay, I’m done messing with you now. I couldn’t help myself. I like how you’ve been fucking with me for over five years but you can’t handle five minutes of pay back. I promise I’m not going to try to steal Brooklyn away from you.”

“But I probably will try to get her topless,” Rob said. “I honestly actually already tried to. We were playing shirt vs skins in family room soccer, but she refused to take her shirt off.”

“You can just look at the portrait,” Mason said.

“Ah, right.” Rob turned his attention back to the entranceway. “They’re great tits, man.” He lifted his hand for a high-five. “Almostas perfect as Daphne’s.”

I lightly punched his stomach instead of high-fiving him.

Rob leaned over like I’d hit him really hard. “Equal to Penny’s, I think.”

“You haven’t seen Penny naked…” James’ voice trailed off. “Oh, yeah. I guess you have.” He lowered his eyebrows. “A couple times actually.”

Rob laughed. “And I walked in on Mason and Bee once too. She was tied up to an end table or something. Completely exposed to me. She definitely scores a ten for both comfort and speed.” He lifted his hand for Mason.

Mason shrugged. “You got that right.” He high-fived him.

“We all got really lucky huh? Now let’s get dressed so we can get Matt’s ring back on Brooklyn’s finger where it belongs.” He nodded to me.

“Thanks, man.”

“And then I can be your best man. And Tanner can rot in hell with his man bun and elf shoes.”

God, not this again…

Chapter 34

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