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kick-off." Evan seems to think that should make some sort of sense to Dan, and eventually, it does.
"Oh… yeah. Football."
    Evan shakes his head in amused amazement. "Damn, your brain shuts right down when you sleep, huh?" He looks over at Jeff. "And he hasn't stopped yet…"
Jeff grins. "Nope. Pretty soon, though…he's almost awake."
    Sometimes Dan has no idea what's going on. "What're you talking…." He catches himself. "Oh… fuck off." He makes the words sound as clipped and distinct as he can.
    Evan laughs. "Damn. I shouldn't have said anything, seen how long you'd keep it up for. I swear, someday we're going to take a trip to Texas, and you're going to get all caught up in it, and we'll get to hear it all the time."
Dan shakes his head. "No, we're not going to Texas." He has another swallow of coffee, and becomes aware that they're both watching him as if they think maybe he's got more to say. But he doesn't think he does; he's

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just not going back to Texas. "Chris isn't here yet?"
    Jeff accepts the change in topic. "You think if he was, he wouldn't be in here joining in the fun? For someone who hates waking up as much as he does, he sure takes a lot of joy in waking you up."
"Yeah, he's great that way." Dan takes another gulp of coffee. "Okay, I can get up. Do I have time to shower before breakfast?"
     
Jeff nods. "If you get up right now. We've got the toppings ready and the batter mixed, but I haven't actually made any waffles yet."
    "Waffles…." Dan yawns so wide he thinks he might have actually injured his jaw joint, then rolls his shoulders and brings his feet up to push Evan sideways. "Okay, get out of the way… I'm not climbing around the bottom of the bed with a mug of coffee, you need to let me out ."
"You could climb over me…." Evan suggests with a little smile, and Dan doesn't have to be fully awake to know where that would lead.
     
"Dude, I don't want my waffles to burn."
    "The waffles aren't actually on yet. Jeff could stay, you could climb over him, too. Or I could climb over him while you climb over me. And, you know, he could climb over you at the same time…." Evan looks like he's maybe regretting his decision to maintain the chain of euphemisms. "Or, hey, we could all blow each other!"
    Hmmm. That's helping Dan wake up. At least a part of him. Jeff's not jumping in, but he looks like he could be persuaded. So of course that's when the doorbell rings. Chris.
Dan glances over at Jeff. "Is the door locked?" Jeff laughs and shakes his head. "We're not leaving him on the

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doorstep, Dan."
    "So, invite him in, show him how to cook waffles, and get back in here…." Dan slides one hand across the sheets towards him, but Jeff sees it coming and jumps up off the bed.
    "No, I don't think so. Control yourselves." He heads for the bedroom door, then turns around and waves his thumb towards the bathroom. "Dan, shower. Evan, you could help him, but you know you'll just spend the entire time bitching about how small my tub is and how we should have stayed at your place, so… spare us the drama and come out and help with breakfast." Jeff takes a moment to savor the view on the bed. "Damn, you guys test my willpower…." But he pulls himself out the door anyway.
    Dan casts a sly eye at Evan. "So, do you think I need help?" He stretches, and adopts a purring, exaggerated sex-kitten voice. "I'm soooo dirty…."
Evan laughs, but there's a little heat in his eyes. Dan knows it wouldn't take much to fan that into a flame.
     
"Danny!" Chris's voice roars from the hallway. "You'd better be decent, man, 'cause I'm coming in."
     
Dan only has time to say, "You just had to hire him, didn't you?" before Chris is in the room, charging towards the bed.
    "Dannybear!" he bellows as he launches himself onto the mattress, Evan rolling to the side to avoid the impact. "I missed you, Honeybunch!" And Chris sprawls all over him and there's a big, wet kiss being pressed to the