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for their kitchen, with its black granite counters and one of those industrial looking stoves. The fridge was one that looked like cabinets, and it was doublewide. “You want something to drink?” Stephen offered. “Cut the dust?”
    “Yes, please.”
    “What’s your vice?”
    “Vice?” I tilted my head.
    “Vice means – Hmm, how do I explain this?” He placed both hands on the counter looking down. “It means what’s your weakness, or what is it that you like the most. I think.” He stared up at me smiling.
    “Ok, good enough,” I laughed, “I’ll take a Coke if you’ve got it”.
    “Yep.” He walked over to the fridge.
    I was now looking at guys in a new light. I noticed how muscular Stephen’s arms were and compared him to Jake. His t-shirt fit nicely over his biceps and chest – something I would have never noticed before. I admired his face as he turned around. He was handsome in every sense of the word. I smiled at him when he reached up to hand me the soda. Our eyes locked for a second and my stomach flipped. What the heck?
    “Thanks, Stephen.” I was lost for any other words.
                  “Uh, yeah, of course,” his lips curled slightly upward. He stared at me for a moment longer before he turned around.
                  I became self-conscious, a totally weird moment. What the hell was going on? Was I emitting some new vibe? I sat there drinking my soda, looking over the can, now focusing on Chris. Nadine crushed hard on Chris too. I wondered how the Jake thing would play out because of that. Come to think about it, Nadine crushed on all the hot guys. She was completely boy crazy.
    I never gave it too much thought until today; until the electricity surged through me when Jake bear hugged me during our water fight. Why was I noticing guys in a different light now than I had before? It’s like I’d been bitten. I couldn’t wait for Nadine to show up. I wanted to know when she first felt that intense attraction for a guy, if she ever felt what I was feeling. I ran through our fake conversation in my head. I’d play it off like I was envious of her ways.
                  I hopped down the stairs and through their family room. Chris finally noticed me and nodded, his silent way of saying hello. I slid open the door leading to the backyard. Nicole lay across a lounge with her bathing suit pulled up her butt and her top untied.
                  “So, since when do you pull your bathing suit up your ass?” I asked playfully as I approached.
                  She lifted her head squinting. “Since Stacey was over here laying out, and I saw what she did. She didn’t have a lame big butt tan line or any lines on her back.” Nicole said, and buried her face back down in her towel.
                  “Shit it’s hot out here.” I pulled my towel out of my bag and Jake’s shirt came out with it. “Oh my God, dude, you have to smell this.” I was giddy. I tossed the shirt near her head. She looked up. “Guess whose shirt that is?”
                  Taking a little sniff. “Uh, Yum!” she smiled and took another whiff. “This is yummy. Ok I’m gonna gross out if it’s your brother’s. Whose is it?”
                  “You know my next door neighbor?”
                  “Uh, yeah, how could I not notice Rocker Abercrombie,” she said
                  Was I stuck in some sort of a bubble? I watched Nicole rub her face all over Jake’s shirt again.
                  “Well, you won’t be surprised, but Nadine is totally crushing on him.” I reached over and grabbed the shirt out of her hands, stuffing it back into my bag. She gave me her pouty face. “Sorry, I’ll have to give it back.”
                  “Ok, spit it out, all the juicy details, how’d you get his shirt?” Her eyes went wide with intrigue.
    I sat and told the story, giving