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completed it?”
    “Dr. P suggested finishing before Thanksgiving.”
    “Why?”
    “So I can spend more time on data analysis. When are you finishing your research?”
    “I’m going to ask Dr. P tonight. I’m guessing he’ll tell me it has to be done before winter break.”
    Scott nodded. “That’s pretty standard.”
    “I need to get a move on, then. I’ve got my CEO interview in two more weeks. I’ve got the rock star. I just need a few more for a good sampling.”
    “Any leads on bikers?”
    “No. And since I’m currently jobless, no boss, either.”
    “Who else is left?”
    I pulled my list out of my bag. It was starting to crumble. “Athlete, cowboy, teacher, dominant, stepbrother. There’s more, but those are the main ones.”
    “Stepbrother? Seriously?”
    “Google it, Scott. Step-books are all the rage.”
    “Doesn’t that sort of…”
    “Gross me out? Completely. My stepbrother just turned twenty-one. He’s been working out, he’s legal, and it’s not technically incest.”
    “Oh my God, Piper. Did you two grow up together?”
    I nodded. “Since I was ten.”
    He shook his head, a look somewhere between disgust and hilarity playing out on his face.
    It may have been unusual, but I couldn’t leave out one of my lead demographics.
    “And teacher? You thinking about asking Dr. P?”
    I rolled my eyes. “Gross. I was actually thinking about that cute TA in Stats.”
    “Jones? I’m pretty sure he’s gay.”
    I sighed, and then we got back to studying.
    * * *
     
    “Piper, you’re up,” Dr. Prestbury said after Scott, Austin, and Shannon had all given updates on their research. “And I have to say, I’m quite interested in how your research has panned out so far.”
    “So far I’ve finalized my criteria, and I’ve managed to cross off the bad boy and the single dad.” I edited the title, therefore editing the part about wanting to fuck him.
    “What happened with the single father?”
    “Let’s just say he wasn’t over his ex.”
    “A real shame. Who’s next?”
    “I’ve got a date with a rock star lined up for Thursday. I managed to procure an interview with a young CEO, so I’m hoping to set up a date.”
    “An interview with a CEO? That actually worked?”
    I shrugged. “We’ll find out on November twenty-fifth.”
    Dr. Prestbury chuckled. “What other categories are you looking to test?”
    “The ones I’m having the most difficult time finding are a biker, an athlete, and a cowboy.”
    Scott shot me a pointed look. I’d purposely phrased my response so as to leave out the fact I planned to hit on my stepbrother over Thanksgiving break. And I couldn’t admit to my teacher I needed a teacher for my list.
    “I may be able to help,” Dr. Prestbury said.
    Oh God. I didn’t think I wanted help from a professor. Seriously? He was almost triple my age. He was stuffy and old and full of mothballs. How could he possibly be able to help me with this?
    “My nephew is a ball player at Oklahoma State.”
    That literally meant nothing to me. So he expected me to go to Oklahoma and look up his nephew? It just didn’t seem very helpful.
    “He’d actually technically help with two of your categories,” Scott interjected.
    Two? What the hell was he talking about?
    Dr. Prestbury grinned at Scott. I’d never seen him look so carefree before. It took twenty years off of his face.
    “Good catch, Mr. Redland.”
    “How?” I finally asked.
    “Oklahoma State’s mascot is the Cowboys.” Scott said it like I was stupid, which truthfully I was when it came to college mascots. “And by ‘ball,’ he means baseball.”
    I shot Scott a dirty look. When did he get so snotty?
    “So cowboy and athlete combined into one?” I asked. It didn’t really work, but I wasn’t sure how else I would find a cowboy. “Interesting. And how am I going to meet this boy?”
    Dr. Prestbury looked thoughtful for a moment. “He’ll be in town a week from Friday for a family