Chapter 7

So between episode two and three, he stretched and “accidentally” bumped against Chase’s shin. Chase jumped a mile, yanked his legs to the side, and Trevor apologized. It took almost a full episode before Chase’s legs settled back to where they’d been—comfortably stretched out in front of him. After episode four, when they took a break to order pizza, he again bumped against Chase’s legs when he went to stand. Maybe it was because Chase could see it coming, or maybe Trevor’s plan was already working, because Chase simply twitched his legs to the side and nothing else.

Well, nothing aside from the tight lips and badly disguised annoyance.

Trevor was willing to bear the brunt of it, though, if it would help Chase. Plus he played it off like being a klutz, which wasn’t too far from the truth.

“What toppings do people want?” Kate asked.