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attention at the young boy, giving him a
hard stare. He quickly looks away, blushing, and I return my gaze
to Allie.
    “Parker.”
    I stop immediately at the sound of my
brother’s voice. He’s walking toward the lab with a grin. A woman
crosses his path, and I think he’s going to break his neck as he
watches her walk away. It blows my mind how he can act like that
and still manage to get women into bed with him. I’m a guy, I
should be asking him to show me how he does it, but I’ve never had
that mind set about women. He looks up to notice me watching him
and his grin gets bigger.
    “I didn’t know they had chicks that look like
that on this side of town. I should start coming to library more
often.”
    “What do you want?” I ask, knowing for a fact
this is Miles’s first time inside this library.
    “Bad day, huh? That librarian still turning
you down?”
    I cross my arms and my left brow rises. He’s
up to something. I know by the chipper sound in his voice.
    “Okay, okay,” he says, holding his hand up
like he’s surrendering. “I just wanted to see what your plans for
tonight were? I’m guessing you don’t want me to going, but I can’t
just stand the girl up.”
    “Hey Allie,” I say and she looks up. “Do you
mind if I step out for a minute, I need to have a word with my
brother?”
    “Of course,” she smiles at us.
    I show Miles out of the lab and close the
door behind us. I didn’t want him saying something too loud to ruin
my plan.
    “You’re right, I think I should go in your
place.” I tell him.
    “Seriously? I think she’ll figure it out
right away if another guy shows up.”
    “It’ll be fine. It’s me, all I need it one
night. I can’t get this girl out of my mind and for some reason, I
just know we could be good together. But until she gives me a
chance, I’ll never know.”
    “Hey, Parker,” Kelly says as she walks up to
us. “Is Allie inside the computer lab?”
    “Hi, Kelly,” I nod behind me. “Yeah…she’s in
there.”
    “Oh wow, don’t sound so enthused.” She
glances back and forth between my brother and myself. “Hi, I’m
Kelly.” She extends her hand to my brother. He towers over her by
about four inches and pins her with a look I’ve never seen on him.
He looks lost. He doesn’t say anything as he places his hand in
hers and shakes it. His movements are so gentle, it seems as though
if he shakes her hand too hard, he might break her. Kelly giggles
and a blush sweeps over her face. This is the moment I told him
about, the one I won’t let him forget. I clear my throat and glance
away because the whole situation is a little awkward.
    My brother stands tall and clears his throat
too. Briefly, he makes eye contact with me, and then focuses on a
shelf nearby. I try not to laugh. Is he really going to pretend to
be interested in that book?
    “You must be Parker’s brother,” Kelly says,
interrupting the silence. Miles glances over his shoulder at her
and nods. Kelly’s hand touches me and she start to rub my arm.
“Well, if you’re anything like Parker here, then maybe we could go
on a double date?”
    Miles whips around, nodding at the same time
the door to the computer lab opens and Allie steps out. Her eyes
instantly dart from mine to the Kelly’s hand. Shit. I step away at
the same time Kelly removes her hand. Great . Like that
wasn’t suspicious behavior. With a smile, Allie keeps her eyes
focused on Kelly.
    “Parker, if you’re done out here, Mrs. Lennon
is asking for your help. I tried to help her, but she insisted she
only wanted you.”
    I nod. “Yeah, of course. Give me just a
moment.” I glance at my brother. Allie’s eyes follow the path mine
made and she nods. Turning for the computer lab, she pauses to
glance over her shoulder.
    “Kelly, are you coming?”
    Kelly perks up and follows right behind her
without saying a word. The door closes, and Miles lets out a long
exaggerated breath followed by a whistle.
    “You can replace