“Happy Birthday, beautiful,” Alex smiled when Kaiya opened the door for him. Instead of a verbal response, she just moved in and hugged him. He rubbed her back and kissed the side of her head. “Hey, why don’t we go inside?”
Still holding onto him, she nodded her head. He grabbed her hand as he stepped inside, and let her lead him upstairs.
“Did Katelyn go home already?”
“No, she and my brother are hanging out, he’s showing her some video game. She…doesn’t want to go home just yet.”
“Is it because of you or is she staying for him?”
“Definitely me.”
“So did he reject you, or you reject him?”
“How’d you know it would be him?”
“Of all the things I know of you, you’re telling me you didn’t even think he was you mate or even notice the way he looks at you?”
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