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“I don’t do that,” Owen says defensively.

“Buddy, I hate to break it to you, but you do. I don’t know what Blake sees in you.” Sebastian shakes his head.

“Fuck you, I’m great. That’s what she sees.” Owen rolls his eyes, turning to go back to whatever he was doing before he came out. He tries to avoid situations where Bash and I act like a couple without another person as a buffer. If Thanksgiving hadn’t been so chaotic with Vera, he would have been gagging the entire meal.

Bash looks down at me with amusement. “Are you done?”

I grin widely at him. “Maybe. Are you done watching football?”

“No.”

“I want to go on an adventure. Can we go somewhere?”

“There are only twenty minutes left in the game. Can we go after?” he asks, grabbing the remote again. I groan, pushing myself up from the floor. Twenty minutes my ass. He keeps pausing and rewinding it. Those twenty minutes will turn into two hours.

“Guess I’ll just have to ask my other boyfriend to go with me,” I taunt, grabbing Sebastian’s jacket instead of mine that is right next to his.

Sebastian raises an eyebrow at me. “Oh, you have another boyfriend hidden away? Why don’t you tell me a little about him.”

I pretend to think. “Are you sure you want to know, because he’s hot, like, I mean mouthwatering? He is kind and sweet. He likes to take me on adventures and never complains about me staring at him. I could stare at him all day.” Bash gets off the couch as I snag his keys from the counter. “And he lets me drive his beautiful car really fast,” I add in with the hope he’ll let me drive today.

“Oh, does he?”

“Absolutely,” I reply, smiling cheekily at him.

And then Sebastian responds in French, causing my jaw to drop for several reasons. “Eh bien, est-ce qu’il t’aime comme moi?” He’s smiling at me. What? Did I hear that right?

Well, does he love you like I love you?

“You love me?” I ask, my brain glitching, and Bash shrugs.

“Sorry, I was talking about my other girlfriend.”

I push him, and Sebastian laughs happily. “I’m kidding. Yes, Thalia, I love you, even though you drive me insane.”

“And you said it in French! Since when do you know any?” He knows asshole, but that was a whole sentence!

He smiles sheepishly. “A few secret calls with Penelope, who apparently wants to castrate me.”

“I love you too.” I throw my arms around his neck to hug him tightly.

I really do love Sebastian. Nothing has ever felt more right than this.

He hugs me back tightly, pressing a chaste kiss to my forehead. “Let’s go on that adventure, but you need to break up with your other boyfriend on the way there,” Bash teases, causing my smile to grow wider.

“I think I can agree to that.”

EPILOGUE

BASH, OWEN, AND my dad have been pacing all day. I’m not sure why, because they’re both getting drafted based on leaked reports. We simply don’t know what round. Sebastian said it was bad luck to assume anything, so I’m forbidden from suspecting who he’ll get drafted by. I know he wants the Carolina Panthers so he can stay close to Mimi. Despite winning the Heisman Trophy, he’s doubtful his national ranking makes a difference. Even Owen has been on edge.

I’m wearing one of Sebastian’s Duke jerseys, and Blake is wearing Owen’s. She has a huge exam that Owen’s been helping her study for on the other couch. I think it’s helping him with his nerves to keep busy. They’ve been together officially for two months, while Bash and I have been together for almost six.

I moved out of the apartment at the end of the semester and into a two-bedroom with Blake. I understood my parents’ request that I don’t live in the same apartment as Sebastian, but it hasn’t stopped me from spending most nights there anyway while Owen goes to my new apartment with Blake.

Vera thankfully stayed away from us after the disaster that was Thanksgiving. I should probably send my thanks to Anna. I didn’t mind that Stacey ended up siding with Vera because she and Jeremy were always more Vera’s friends than mine. Landon is doing his best to stay neutral, but it’ll never be like it was.

Chris started warming up to me after Bash and I lasted longer than two months together because it seemed like we had been together forever.

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