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into the car, staring away from me.
    Ever since he and Evan fought,
Gray didn’t have a whole lot to say to me anymore. He never told my
parents what happened, just that he was messing around and tripped
and hit a door handle. And of course they bought it, because it was
coming from Gray.
    I truly believed that Gray was not
into messing with my boyfriend or me anymore. For once, I think he
knew when to shut up, and I was pleased.
    Evan pulled up, coming to a
stop at behind Gray’s jeep. Gray barely lifted his head before
going back to what he was doing. Evan came walking up, a smile
spreading from ear to
ear.
    “ Hey, sup,” he said to me, tugging
on my shirt sleeve playfully.
    “ Just got back from the mall. How
are you?”
    “ Good,
everything is good. And you, Mr. Cardwell?” he asked my dad, bending down a little to see
him.
    “ I’m great Evan, thanks for
asking. Are you staying for supper?”
    Evan looked at me for approval. I
rolled my eyes.
    “ Actually, I was thinking about
taking Eve out for dinner,” he said, totally understanding
me.
    “ Too bad,” Gray said, walking to
the other side of the car.
    Evan nodded at him, staring
him down. I knew so much more now than I did then, and it amused me
even more to know that I knew Evan was capable of way more than
Gray could imagine or stand up against.
    Evan leaned into the hood to
look it over as well, his hands running along the mustang. He
always tried his hardest to get along with my dad. He said the more
my dad trusted him, the more he would be
able to see me with no problem. It was more of a tactic though because I think even he was growing bored
with my family.
    His hair was messy as usual,
his clothes tidy. He always was so nice looking even with
that casual way he had about himself. He didn’t have to try hard to look good, his
looks were just gorgeous. And every time I seen him I grew
more enthralled with everything about
him.
    I came up behind him, tugging at
his back pocket, his wallet there as usual. I fiddled with it,
pulling it almost out. He swatted at me. I waited about two seconds
before he was following behind me up the porch and into the
kitchen- he had to say hello to my mother or she would be
offended.
    “ Hello Kay,” Evan said, hugging
her briefly. My mother’s small frame seemed to disappear beneath
his massive body. She patted him hard on the back, and then went
right back to chopping.
    “ It’s always nice to see you
Evan.” She glanced at me as she said this to let me know that she
had used the proper name.
    “ I’m making salad with dinner. Is
there anything you don’t like in yours?”
    “ Oh, thanks, but I was wondering
if you cared if me and Eve went out to eat. I sort of wanted to
take her out tonight,” he said so sweetly that I don’t think
anyone’s mother would have objected. He shot me a smirk from behind
her. I blew him a kiss. He was my hero.
    “ Oh, for any particular reason?”
my mother asked in awe.
    “ A little celebration. Got a
promotion at work.”
    She nodded, smiling at the both of
us. “Alright, you have fun. And congratulations.”
    We headed out to his truck. I was
pleased I had gotten out of there so easily.
    “ Are we really going out to eat?”
I asked him, looking in his visor mirror.
    “ Anything you want to do,” he
said, speeding down the main road into town.
    “ I don’t want
to eat . Let’s just go somewhere quiet.”
    “ My house?” He
rumbled over the road, the road bumping us as we barreled past
people standing on the street. They were blurs, nothing but meaningless people to me. All that mattered
at that moment was us.
    “ That’s fine with me. I just want
to relax.”
    “ For such a young person you sure
want to relax a lot. Why is that?” he asked me, taking my hand in
his, his fingers interlocked mine and he squeezed them
gently.
    “ I don’t know. I got so used to
the chaos that I think it just made me want to remain slow. My
parents have always been constantly