Page 85 of One Night

"Unless what?"

"Unless you want them to. You ever think of letting people know who the mystery girl in the song is?"

"No. I wouldn't do that to Amber. She doesn't want anyone knowing she had a one-night stand."

"The song's not even about that. You don't even say it in the lyrics."

I look at him. "It's called One Night. Everyone knows it's about a one-night stand."

"Fine, but it's nothing to be ashamed of. A lot of people have one-night stands. It's not like she's the only one who's ever done that."

"Yeah, but still. She doesn't want everyone knowing."

He nods. "I get where she's coming from. It's different for girls than for guys. Kira probably wouldn't want people knowing either."

"Did Kira tell you Amber agreed to come to Thanksgiving?"

"No. When did that happen?"

"Last night. Maybe she hasn't told Kira yet. I hope she doesn't change her mind. My mom's already excited about meeting her. She called me this morning to tell me. She also said to tell you it's been too long since you've been over there for dinner."

He smiles. "What's she need done?"

Austin works construction for a living. He and his brothers all work for their dad's construction company. Austin can fix most anything so my mom has Austin over to fix things around the house that my dad can't figure out. And in return, she makes him dinner.

"She said something about an outlet in the living room."

"Jake's better with electrical stuff than I am, but I'll check it out. If I can't fix it, I'll have Jake do it."

"Thanks, man. Sorry she asks you to do this shit. You know you could always tell her no."

"And miss out on her lasagna? I don't think so."

My mom makes awesome lasagna. Austin rarely eats carbs so the fact that he'll eat her lasagna is proof of how good it is.

"You worried about Amber meeting your family?"

"Not really. I already told her they're crazy."

He laughs. "No crazier than my family, although your grandpa's gas problems might scare her away."

"I already warned her about that."

"What about Owen?"

"Yep. Warned her about him too."

"And she still agreed to come over?" He laughs.

"Yeah, but she may never come back."

"I'm just kidding you, man. Your family's awesome. Speaking of family, I gotta go help Nash with some drywall."

"And I gotta get to class." I walk him to the door.

He steps outside, stopping to pick something up. "You guys are still doing this?" He holds up an envelope.

"Yeah." I take it from him. "She must've just dropped this off. It wasn't here earlier."

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