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Teague’s facial expression as he leaned into the dish he’d just unveiled. “Oh shit, I wouldn’t risk it,” Jay warned him. “That’s got Melanie written all over it.”
    Teague’s laugh was light but he sniffed it anyways. “What the hell is it?”
    “I have no idea, but it’s not something she’s tried feeding me lately. She’s been making stuff and begging me to try it. I’ve been her fucking guinea pig the nine days you guys have been gone.”
    “She’s cooking, huh,” Teague stated. He used a fork and took a bite of the concoction, carefully testing the flavor. “That’s not bad, actually. It’s some kind of strawberry thing. Try it.”
    Teague shoved the plate his way but a certain keyword made Jay groan. “Ah shit, the strawberries. I never got her damn strawberries.”
    With a chuckle Teague handed the fork over and asked, “She’s got you grocery shopping? Uh, dude that’s—”
    “Fuck no,” Jay answered quickly. “I just ate ‘em all the other day and… Anyways, tell me about the next movie. It’s gonna be filmed in L.A. right?”
    “Yeah, but let’s not talk about the movie. Let’s talk about your new place. Is it one of the ones I went with you to see?”
    “The second one. The one with the big shop in the back.”
    “The house you didn’t think you could afford?” Teague asked carefully. He took another fork out of the drawer and continued to eat from the square dish along with Jay.
    Jay sighed. “Yeah, I did it anyways. I couldn’t pass it up with the shop in the back. It was perfect for me. And I didn’t find anything close to it that compared.”
    “Yeah, because it was a lot more money than the others.”
    Jay reined in his patience before he answered. “It’ll work, I promise. And it’s rent with the option to buy.”
    Teague raised his eyebrows. “Oh. Well that’s better then. Look man, I’m not trying to—”
    “I know, don’t worry about it. But I got it handled, okay?”
    “Yeah, okay,” Teague nodded. “Just let me know if I can do anything to help, Jay. I’m serious. Don’t shut me out, okay?”
    “Yeah, yeah,” Jay murmured.
    They continued to eat and talk about the last week-and-a-half until Camryn and Melanie came home. One look at Mel gaping at her nearly empty dessert dish was enough to make both guys cringe.
    “That was for tonight,” she said with a frown, coming closer to assess the damage.
    “What’s tonight?” Jay mumbled with the last bite he’d taken. He swallowed it quickly and dropped the fork like he hadn’t already been caught.
    With a sigh Melanie answered, “I was invited to a baby shower. I volunteered to bring a fruit dish.”
    Awkward silence ensued and then Teague said, “Sorry, Mel. It was my fault.”
    “It’s okay,” she waved it off. “I think I have enough ingredients to make another smaller one.”
    “I’ll help,” Camryn offered.
    “No, they’ll help,” Melanie pointed to Jay and Teague with a playful glare. “Put your aprons on, boys.”
    “That’s -that’s my phone, you hear that?” Jay said, pretending to look around for it as he stood to make an exit. “It’s probably my doctor with the test results, and being that I’m most likely a dying man, I should go home and shower to prepare for my last days.”
    “You’re such a shit!” Melanie laughed. “If you’re dying, then why don’t you actually make a good impression for once and help out. Then we’ll have one happy memory of you and won’t want to spit on your grave.”
    “That is the most disrespectful thing I’ve ever heard in my life,” Jay gasped dramatically. He pulled out a twenty that he’d stuffed in the pocket of his shorts and slapped it on the counter. “Here, go buy a fruit thingy from the store.”
    “You can’t buy your way out of this, Jay. Take that to buy more of what I need. I’m getting inspired with another idea.”
    “I’m not gonna—”
    “Text me your list,” Teague said, scooping up the