Even more of a dreamboat than he was before.Which is…dangerous.I check myself more than once from staring at him rather blatantly as he laughs, concentrating instead on my dinner plate. But that doesn’t sufficiently distract, because it just reminds me that he can cook too. Damn it.“Seriously, th
“J-Jesse?” I breathe, staring at my favorite cousin, blinking hard to ensure that he’s not a mirage.Jesse stares right back at me, his face the mirror image of my complete shock. But when he whispers my name and takes a step towards me, I know that he’s real – because there’s no way that some imita
I can’t help but laugh as I move to Jesse’s side and wrap my hands around his arm. “Anton is here because granny gave him to me. As a present!” Anton gives me a dirty look, but he can’t help the smile that chases it.“What?” Jesse asks, utterly confused, looking down at me.“And these are our friend
Anton smirks at me, searching my face as I laugh. “What’s so funny about being called Tony?”“Because!” I exclaim, shaking my head at him, brushing my hair away from my face, getting my words out between laughter. “You can’t be a ghost named Tony – Tony is like, the guy who works in the sandwich sho
“Yes, Jesse, that’s the gist of it,” I say, smirking a little in pleasure as I cross my arms and watch as Orion slumps in his chair.“It’s so much more complicated than that,” Orion sighs, resting his temple against his fingers and not meeting Jesse’s eyes.“Easy for you to say!” Jesse shouts. He sn
“He does!” Midnight confirms, continuing to do severe damage to the cake. Part of me wants to urge her to go easy so she doesn’t make herself sick. But she’s so slim, and she’s enjoying it so much that…I lean forward quietly and slide the whole plate towards her, indicating that the whole thing is f
I mean, Midnight is weird and sometimes mean - but god, she’s certainly brave and spirited and…kind of hilarious.“Yeah, Mids!” Jesse says, exasperated. “You should be loyal to me, and to Juniper the Rat! Because we’re your family now and we’d never betray you!”“And to me, please,” Anton says, lean
“All right, all right, no tears,” Jesse says while he laughs, sitting and wrapping an arm around Midnight’s shoulders and tugging her close. “So, we’re doing this? Fortune telling or…whatever?”Orion sighs, looking around and then heaving a big shrug of his wide shoulders. “I mean, if you’re all goo