Chapter Sixty-Five

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“You gonna stick by me?”

“Maybe….”

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When I finally got home, I found Leon in the living room, waiting for me with a gallon of Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Fudge Brownie. I practically collapsed on the couch next to him, grabbed a spoon off the table and dug in. Leon didn’t say anything, but I didn’t really expect him to.

“God, I love you so much right now,” I said a few minutes later, around a mouthful of ice cream.

“Yeah, well, I got the ice cream for me, but I figured you could prolly use some too,” Leon laughed.

“We’re gonna end up so fat…” I said, poking his belly.

“Yeah, prolly,” he said, still laughing.

“But….” I started, thinking aloud, “why do *you* need ice cream? You didn’t….”

“Yeah…Amber and me broke up. Again.”

“Oh, God,” I moaned. “What happened this time, do I even want to ask?”

“Nah,” he muttered, “prolly not. Just the same old shit, you know.”

“Our lives suck so much, don’t they?” I asked, leaning against him.

“Yeah, yeah they do,” he sighed as he wrapped his arm around me.