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Show Peppermint Monday "So, who's counting?" I couldn't believe Jason was suggesting Matt was interested. He had teased me about Matt before. The idea was hilarious. "So, we don't exactly live by dogface. You can't claim he's after her this time." Jason had found a frisbee somewhere. He was tossing it with all of the energy he should have been using on the yard. Pa was planting the upper field, but he'd be home soon. Jason would pay for his goofing off then. "You're crazy, Jas. I'd laugh if it wasn't so stupid to even be funny. Matt happens to bug me." "Yeah, I'll bet. If he bugs you so much, and he's in love with old dogface, why is he stopping?" Jason flipped the frisbee behind his back and almost hit the small car with it. Matt hadn't climbed out. He didn't look as if he intended to. He had a wide grin on his boyish face. I could make out the white Carson teeth. "Carly, come here a sec." I heard Jason chuckling as I tossed my bottle of cleaner and rag on the grass. I knew Matt was just here to tell me a message from Andrea, but I had a weird, light feeling anyway. I wished Jason and Russ weren't so close. Whatever Matt said, Jason would find someway to make a big deal over it. Brothers were a pain. "Hi," Matt said casually when I got to the car. "What you doin?" He had seen what I was doing. He'd been by twice and I'd been doing the same thing all of thattime. Of course it was just a standard question. A standard question leading up to more small talk. I wondered where Andrea was. "Washing windows and hating it." I bet it would be more fun to tend his |
