I let out a sound of exasperation and gave up. “Fuck you, Eric, you obstinate dick.” He turned away to walk back inside the house, leaving me out on the porch. How did he fucking do that? How’d he just stand there and turn it off like that? Unbelievable. I dropped down onto the stoop and stared out into the alley beyond our yard, trying to think logically. What had I expected anyway? It’d been about fooling around from the get-go. And what Eric had said made sense: I was risking some shit with our antics that maybe I shouldn’t be, considering my position. But shit, I craved it now, and I
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