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Kyle takes the coin, a grin at the corner of his mouth. In a surprising move, he gives Katie a hug. “Thanks, KT. Jen will appreciate this.” He pulls away, offering a small smile. “See you soon. And tell that boyfriend of yours to get his butt in gear to practice before he makes a fool out of himself on stage.” He throws her a wink and turns to join the other two on their way outside.


Jason shakes his head as he watches Nate leave, and sinks down behind his desk. That had been…interesting. Nate really must be out of it. He had half a mind not to let him go home by himself, but he knew it wasn’t worth the fight.

Laura looks up from her desk just in time to see Nate leaving. She was a little worried about him…he really must not have been feeling well at all. Hopefully he’d go home and get some sleep…maybe he wouldn’t even remember this little episode… Laura turns her gaze back to her computer, trying to concentrate, a strange feeling in her stomach.


Carson just can’t believe what Misty is saying. He pulled, he pushed, he complained, he insulted, and she didn’t leave. He simply didn’t know how to respond anymore. He was too irritated to agree, and too tired to fight back.

He lets his one leg slide down and turns his head the other direction. “Got any pain killers around here?”