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was going to happen. I so called it.” She beamed.
    “Being Arson’d?” Arson piped up and sat on the chair across from us. His brows arched.
    “Yeah, Arson’d. You just came into my life like “You my woman” and didn’t let me think otherwise. You Arson’d me.” Rayne explained to him. He shook his head and chuckled.
“So what happened?” she asked.
    I started to tell them everything. She laughed and swooned at the appropriate parts, except when I told her about me falling and puking. Then she laughed at my pain.
    “I can’t believe you sang Bad Touch to him. That is classic.” She laughed hysterically. It was the highlight of that night.
    “I rocked it.” I mentally patted myself on the back, trying to forget the unglamorous exit.
    “Man, that was quite a story. He totally did Arson you with that whole you need an alpha speech. So hot.” That. It. Was.
    “Now I’ve got to let the girls know I won’t be in this week, because I’ll be staying at his house and helping out on the rescue. Whatever that means.” I drank the rest of my smoothie.
    “It means you’re going to be having ‘wild’ animal sex. Get it? Get it, wild because his last name is Wild.”  Rayne was mocking me and my corny jokes. I found it funny, but kept my laughter to myself.
    “I don’t want to have sex with him. He’s too different from me,” I whined. Was it a lost cause that I was holding off having sex?
    “Sounds like a good guy to me,” Arson stated. I looked at him like he betrayed me.
    “What? He works hard, stated his intentions upfront, and hasn’t tried to fuck you yet. He’s waiting for you to get accustomed to the idea first.” I thought over his words. What he said did make Jake seem like a nice guy. He was forward with what he wanted with me but he wasn’t aggressive. Hmm, food for thought.
    “I’m pro-Jake in this quest. Sorry, hon, you need a guy. This is your 'I want one’ chance.” Back when Arson was trying to win her over, I whined how I wanted one. I wanted a guy to look at me how he did her.
    “I still think we’re too different,” I huffed.
    “Maybe different is what you need. Guys like you don’t seem to be working,” Arson commented.
    “When did you two turn into Mr. Miyagi?” I looked at them.
    “I learned from the almighty Cammy.” She hugged me. When did I turn into such a sap? I hugged her and held on. Rayne was such a big part of my life. I loved her so much.
    I stayed over for another hour before heading home to put together a bag for my week.
    I called Mary to let her know I wouldn’t be in this week. She said it was good and to have fun. I wasn’t needed anywhere. So after a shower, vegging on the couch, and three suitcases later, I was on my way back to the rescue.
    It was right around 5:30, so I would be there for dinner. I wondered what was on the menu.
    There were people all over the place, doing their jobs, as I pulled up to the lodge. I parked Bambi next to Jake’s truck and hopped out.
    No one was paying attention to me as I hauled my suitcases out of Bambi and started lugging them up the wooden porch.
    “Hey there, lady. Let me help you with those.” The flannel man from the wallaby incident took hold of my luggage and brought them up the rest of the way.
    “Thanks.” I huffed breathlessly.
    “Name’s Derek, by the way.” He held out his hand which I shook.
    “So why the suitcases?” he asked. I wondered if Jake had mentioned to anyone about me being here.
    “Well there isn’t such a thing as too many sexy toys, am I right?” Out of all the answers that could have come out of my mouth, I’m not really sure why that one was it.  His face turned red. Well, at least making him blush was fun. Just as I was about to say I was joking, Jake walked up the stairs.
    “I got this. Thanks, Derek.” He smacked the man on the back in a bro type of way before grabbing my bags with ease. Derek, still blushing, muttered bye, and walked away.
    “What did you