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JUSTIN

I had a big smile on my face and no matter how hard I tried to wipe it off and focus on something else, it kept coming back to my face. And honestly, I didn’t mind because it had been so long since I felt this happy.

But of course, I was not alone in my moment of happiness and I was snapped out of my bubble.

“Would you stop grinning like that?” Ryder’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts. “You look like a puppy who just got a treat. Spoil it already, man.”

I turned to find Ryder giving me an amused look, his arms crossed as he leaned against the wall. He was always like this- nosy and eager for gossip. Across from him, Jonah raised an eyebrow, waiting for an answer as well.

Jonah, of course was a little more patient. “So,” he said, drawing the word out well, “I am assuming the date went well?”

More than well, I thought go myself. I replayed the whole date in my head, starting from when I went to pick her to when we cuddled up on the couch- the way she had laughed, the way she