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doing here?”
As far as lame excuses went, Sam used the only one he could think of. “I was passing through. I had no intentions of stopping by,” he clarified.
Color rose in his cheeks as he delivered a pitiful lie. If Lil knew it, she hid her reaction well.
“Yeah,” Zach cut in. “I walked outside to grab the DVD, which by the way, I must have left at home, when I saw Sam sitting in his car.”
Sam looked at Zach with a puzzled frown. Forgot the DVD? Sam had seen him get it out of the truck. Sam wasn’t sure what Zach was up to, and he was about to ask, when Zach winked at him. Winked!
If Sam was confused about Zach’s motives, Lil looked disappointed. “You left it?” she asked. “But that was the whole reason for coming over tonight.”
Zach shrugged. “Sorry, Lil, I must have left it on the kitchen table.”
“Are you sure?” Ellie asked. “I could have sworn I saw you put it in the truck.”
“Wait,” Sam said, holding up his hands. “I’m confused. You came over to watch Night Court with Lil, but you picked up Ellie on the way over?”
“Well, duh,” Ellie said with a chuckle. “Why wouldn’t he pick me up?”
“Oh, I don’t know.” Sam threw his hands up in the air. “Maybe because it’s kind of weird for Lil’s boyfriend to pick up her best friend. Why not just drive yourself, Ellie? Not to sound like an ass, but you’re kind of a mood killer. I should know – no offense, Zach.”
Zach laughed. “None taken.”
“Hold up,” Ellie said, looking back and forth between Sam and Zach. “Zach, did you tell Sam that you were Lil’s boyfriend?”
Like a man caught with his tail between his legs, Zach looked away from Ellie. “No.”
“No?” Sam asked with his voice rising. “You confessed your love for her outside.” Sam pointed to the picture window that was in the living room.
“You what?” Lil shrieked.
“Now, just wait a minute,” Zach said in a calm tone. He looked at Ellie first. “I never confessed my love for Lil outside.” He turned his focus on Lil. “I swear. What I said was that what I love about you is that we share a mutual admiration for Night Court.”
“Oh, that’s bullshit,” Sam all but screamed.
“This is fantastic,” Ellie laughed. “I can’t believe you, Zach.”
She punched him on the shoulder but Sam could see that it was all in good fun. He was missing something.
“I can’t either,” Lil said. “That’s just mean.”
“Can someone fill me in on what’s going on? Because to be honest, it’s starting to get a little weird in here.” Sam said, his eyes darting from Zach, to Ellie, before landing on Lil.
“Oh, Sam I Am,” Ellie said with mock sincerity. “I’m afraid that my boyfriend was giving you a hard time.”
It took a minute for Ellie’s words to sink in for Sam but
As far as lame excuses went, Sam used the only one he could think of. “I was passing through. I had no intentions of stopping by,” he clarified.
Color rose in his cheeks as he delivered a pitiful lie. If Lil knew it, she hid her reaction well.
“Yeah,” Zach cut in. “I walked outside to grab the DVD, which by the way, I must have left at home, when I saw Sam sitting in his car.”
Sam looked at Zach with a puzzled frown. Forgot the DVD? Sam had seen him get it out of the truck. Sam wasn’t sure what Zach was up to, and he was about to ask, when Zach winked at him. Winked!
If Sam was confused about Zach’s motives, Lil looked disappointed. “You left it?” she asked. “But that was the whole reason for coming over tonight.”
Zach shrugged. “Sorry, Lil, I must have left it on the kitchen table.”
“Are you sure?” Ellie asked. “I could have sworn I saw you put it in the truck.”
“Wait,” Sam said, holding up his hands. “I’m confused. You came over to watch Night Court with Lil, but you picked up Ellie on the way over?”
“Well, duh,” Ellie said with a chuckle. “Why wouldn’t he pick me up?”
“Oh, I don’t know.” Sam threw his hands up in the air. “Maybe because it’s kind of weird for Lil’s boyfriend to pick up her best friend. Why not just drive yourself, Ellie? Not to sound like an ass, but you’re kind of a mood killer. I should know – no offense, Zach.”
Zach laughed. “None taken.”
“Hold up,” Ellie said, looking back and forth between Sam and Zach. “Zach, did you tell Sam that you were Lil’s boyfriend?”
Like a man caught with his tail between his legs, Zach looked away from Ellie. “No.”
“No?” Sam asked with his voice rising. “You confessed your love for her outside.” Sam pointed to the picture window that was in the living room.
“You what?” Lil shrieked.
“Now, just wait a minute,” Zach said in a calm tone. He looked at Ellie first. “I never confessed my love for Lil outside.” He turned his focus on Lil. “I swear. What I said was that what I love about you is that we share a mutual admiration for Night Court.”
“Oh, that’s bullshit,” Sam all but screamed.
“This is fantastic,” Ellie laughed. “I can’t believe you, Zach.”
She punched him on the shoulder but Sam could see that it was all in good fun. He was missing something.
“I can’t either,” Lil said. “That’s just mean.”
“Can someone fill me in on what’s going on? Because to be honest, it’s starting to get a little weird in here.” Sam said, his eyes darting from Zach, to Ellie, before landing on Lil.
“Oh, Sam I Am,” Ellie said with mock sincerity. “I’m afraid that my boyfriend was giving you a hard time.”
It took a minute for Ellie’s words to sink in for Sam but
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