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No one seemed surprised by that announcement. Edward was a ladies man and almost always had a date to go too... Sometimes with different women.

"Of course you do," Bryce murmured and everyone laughed.

"Hey, this isn't just any date okay?" Edward retorted. "I like this girl…"

"You say that about all of them" said Bryce.

“I’ll walk you guys out. I need to run, too since I have work stuff to prepare for.” said Chloe.

Darrell grimaced, and she steeled herself for another gruff lecture about how she worked too hard. An interesting statement since Peter worked harder than all of them, and no one ever lectured him.

To her surprise, he remained silent. She regarded him with a raised eyebrow and wondered if he’d burst at the seams, but his lips remained in a firm line. He rose from the couch to hug her and then gruffly reminded her to be sure and get enough rest.

They all walked out together, and Darrell reminded them all of lunch next Sunday, and told Chloe that he wanted her to come too.