Afterglow: An Apocalypse Romance (26 page)

"It doesn't go in the washer," he says. "Or the dryer. That'll ruin it."

"You are so disgusting," says Vanessa. "Anyway, I'm surprised you even know who's in that class." To me she explains, "He can barely get up for that class. The other day? I had to literally dump a glass of water on him to wake him up."

"Whoever decided nine am college classes were a good idea should be shot," he mutters.

"It's not a really hard class, though," I reply. "I mean, we watch movies. It's kind of fun."

He rolls his eyes. "I was having a different kind of fun freshman year and couldn't make it to class. So I'm in it again."

Great.
I've just made it perfectly clear to the guy I like that my life is so lame I find a film class fun. When he was a freshman, he was doing all sorts of other things for fun, and I know I'd blush again if I think too hard about what, exactly, he'd been doing.

"You don't party much, do you?" he asks.

"Not really," I mutter.

"That's cool," he says. "Being a nerd will pay off some day."

A nerd. Of course.

"Stop, Julian," says Vanessa. "Be nice."

"But then I wouldn't be the Julian you know and love," he says, grabbing a handful of chips, which means all of them except for a few crumbs, from my plate. "I'm going back to bed," he says winking at me, then sauntering off to his room. He slams the door.

"That's my brother," says Vanessa, shaking her head with a grin.

I can't get that wink out of my head. I know I'll be thinking about it for an embarrassingly long time.

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