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I bark out a laugh as he strolls away.

When I get back to my friends, they look around, wondering where Alek is.

“Well? What’s going on?” Renzo asks.

“He asked me to go out with him tomorrow since I was busy tonight.”

“Busy? With us?” Trevor questions.

“Dude, go get him,” Ronan says. “You’re with us all the time. He came back here for you.”

“Well, I don’t know if that’s true,” I say.

“Go find out then,” Renzo says.

“You sure?”

Zo rolls his eyes while Trevor scoffs. “Go.”

“Y’all are the best. I’ll be in touch,” I say before running off, hoping I can catch up with him.

I pull my phone out, ready to call if I don’t see him, but it’s quite a walk before you get to the parking area and I spot him still making his way through the empty field.

“How about we have dinner tonight?” I ask as I walk up alongside him.

Surprise transforms into delight when he sees me. “Sure. Want a ride?”

“On the first date?”

He smirks. “I’ll be a gentleman.”

“Mm. Too bad.”

Aleksander

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We sitacross from each other in a small booth at a local place called Nicola’s Pizza. There’s a handful of patrons, but Jay asks the guy to seat us in a corner away from most of them, allowing us some privacy.

“Connections?” I ask, quirking a brow.

“Oh, baby. I have connections all over this town,” Jay teases. “But really, I just know a lot of people, plus I come here pretty often.”

I nod and glance at the menu. When my eyes flicker up, Jay’s watching me.

“Don’t need to look at the menu?”

“Nope. I always get the same thing.”

“You don’t want to try anything new?”

“Why stray from something I know I already enjoy?” He cocks a brow, seemingly talking about more than pizza.

“Hmm. Well, just get a large of whatever you usually get, and I’ll share.”

We don’t say much until the waiter’s already taken our order and dropped off our drinks. When we know he’ll be gone a little while, Jay speaks up first.

“So, you in town for the festival?”

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