“Are you able to think about for those who obtained your foot caught within the steering wheel after hitting the phobia horn?” I requested, closing the door behind him. “Now, that might be a enjoyable name to the fireplace division.”

He yanked open the entrance door and slid into the seat. “Yeah, no. If I ever get my foot caught within the steering wheel of a automotive, particularly after attractive occasions with you, I’m simply going to simply accept my destiny and change into one with the automotive.”

“I neglect you’re from the Midwest till you say stuff like that. What does yeah, no even imply?” I requested, hauling myself up and angling my physique by the hole between the entrance seats.

“It means no matter we wish it to imply. On this case it’s a fuck that.”

I fell into the entrance of the automotive in a heap, laughing too laborious to be sleek. Nonetheless laughing, I shifted and wiggled, attempting to cram myself into my seat with out hurting both of us.

“I do know somebody who obtained their large toe caught within the faucet whereas they had been taking a shower,” I mentioned after I was lastly sitting like a human. “His roommates needed to name the fireplace division to get him out. They needed to lower the tap off the wall and use butter to get his toe free.”

“Oh god.” Hayden shuddered. “New concern unlocked. I’d simply settle for my destiny and reside within the bathtub till the tip of days.”

“Proper? I’ll by no means stick any a part of me in a faucet after listening to that.”

“Was this Johnny? I really feel like this was Johnny.”

“It was Johnny,” I confirmed.

He laughed and began the automotive. “Have you ever ever seen him smash a can on his head?”

“Solely like, each time I see him.” I snort-laughed.

“How lengthy have you ever identified him?” He put the automotive in gear and slowly navigated down the highway.

“Since we moved right here, so eight years now.”

“Ryan tried to set me up with him.”

“He did?” I went for informal however failed miserably.

I didn’t decide Hayden for his previous, however it was totally different when he was speaking about somebody I’d been pals with for years and never some faceless random.

“Yeah. That lasted about 5 minutes. I like Johnny, and he’s a enjoyable man, however it’s like I advised Ryan. I train tweens all day. I don’t wanna date somebody who acts like one.”

I relaxed. John was a very good buddy of mine, however the considered him flirting with Hayden, particularly now that he was mine, made my mind itchy.

“I think about your college students don’t slide down banisters as an alternative of utilizing the steps,” I mentioned, holding my tone mild. Hayden didn’t must know the place my ideas had simply gone. “I’ve helped him patch up a couple of John-sized gap after he miscalculated a slide and ended up Spidermanning into the wall on the backside.”

“I can truthfully say I’ve by no means seen certainly one of my college students try this.” Hayden laughed. “How does he not harm himself?”

“No clue. The man has no concern, so possibly it’s as a result of he’s at all times relaxed? It hurts extra for those who tense or attempt to defend your self after falling.”

“I’ve heard that. However that feels counterintuitive. Like, I’ve by no means been falling and thought, Nicely, time to go limp and smash into that arduous floor all willy-nilly.”

“It’s not one thing most individuals simply do. We realized the way to fall in gymnastics, however it takes time to coach your self to go towards your instincts.”

He pulled onto the primary highway and headed towards my neighborhood.

“How lengthy did you and Zane do gymnastics? I really feel like an asshole for not asking this sooner. I knew you had been a gymnast, however what you probably did tonight was past something I pictured in my head.”

I settled in my seat, my physique nonetheless tingling and my mind joyful.

“You’re not an asshole. It simply by no means got here up. We began once we had been six after I obtained us kicked out of Tae Kwon Do.”

“How did you handle that?” He shot me a bit of smile and returned his eyes to the highway.

“I stored getting distracted and doing my very own factor. Like, they’d inform us to apply our types, however I’d get bored and begin making up pretend battles in my head and performing them out. They didn’t like that.”

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