Chapter 25

Things cooled off rapidly after that, but not entirely. As soon as Dick had gone stumbling down the stairs, holding his belly from laughing so hard, Peter and Ned made it into the bedroom, fell onto the bed, and, a short, sweet, quiet time later, they dozed off in each other’s arms.

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Hunger, or something, woke them up. Peter opened one eye to see a close-up of a cat’s butt in his face. He pushed the cat off him, onto Ned, but then he saw Lewis standing right behind the cat. He almost shrieked.

“Are you asleep?” Lewis asked seriously, appearing to not notice Ned. “Because I’m really hungry, and Dick is cussing and has the air conditioning thing all apart on the floor, and I don’t want to bother him.”