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blew a strand of hair out of my face, setting Snickers down on my desk and turning back to Ace. "Sorry, I guess I'm just frustrated with work, homework, and trying to spend time with you. You finally get time off work to come see me and now I have work."
    "It's fine." He bent down, his hand moving from my shoulder to my cheek before he leaned in and his lips trailed to mine.
    A study break couldn't hurt. I pulled him deeper into the kiss while he lifted me off the chair and onto my bed. My mouth was hungry for his and the feeling of his cold skin on mine sent shivers in all the right places.
    "Awex?"
    Crap .
    Elijah knocked at the door. I pried myself away from my Ace and motioned for him to climb off me. "Yeah, El?"
    "Can I come in?" he yelled.
    "Uh…" I raised my eyebrows as Ace slinked off me and rolled under the bed. Quickly I made my way back to my desk and smoothed out my hair. "Yeah, that's fine."
    He jiggled the handle. "It's locked!"
    I went over to the door, unlocking it, and saw Elijah staring up with his big blue eyes that were the same color as his footie pajamas. "Why would you lock me out?"
    "Sometimes a girl needs privacy, El."
    He stomped into my bedroom and threw himself on the bed. I tried not to screech, hoping he didn't squash Ace underneath.
    "Why do you want pwivacy from me?" he cried, always the drama queen. He gets it from our romance author mom.
    "El..." I carefully sat down next to him, hoping the mattress didn't smother Ace. "Sometimes we all need to have some alone time."
    I smoothed the hair out of his tear-stained face. "Your sissy has to get her homework done, so she can be ready for college."
    "Okay." He sniffled. "Can I watch you do your homework?"
    "Uh, well—"
    "Please!" he begged looking up at me with those big puppy dog eyes.
    I glanced to the floor, hoping Ace wouldn't be too mad. "Okay, but just for a little bit."
    "Yeah!" He hopped on my lap and stayed there while I typed my assignment. The rhythmic tapping of the keyboard put him to sleep.
    "Is he out?" Ace whispered, poking his head out from underneath the bed.
    I put my finger to my lips and nodded, then slowly stood up and carried Elijah down the hall to tuck him into his bed. I turned on his choo-choo train nightlight and the sound machine, and then closed the door before heading back to my room. When I returned Ace was sprawled across my bed, his hands behind his head, a devious smile on his face.
    "What if it wasn't me that came into the room?" I shut the door and curled up in bed next to Ace.
    "Then someone would probably wonder why there was an alien with a very stiff back in your bed."
    I playfully hit his shoulder. I knew it wouldn't hurt him the second my palm touched his toned biceps, but that was what a girl was supposed to do when a guy made a stupid comment.
    "Anyway, sorry about that, he is a bit dramatic. Sometimes I think my mom needs to tone down her writer voice in front of him."
    He shrugged. "It happens. Did you complete your assignment?"
    I yawned. "Yeah." I looked over at the clock. "Geesh, it's almost midnight. I have to be up in a few hours."
    "Oh." Ace's face fell. He came to spend time with me, and I ignored him for my little brother. "Do you want me to stay here tonight?"
    "Er, I wouldn't want Elijah to wake up after a nightmare or something and find you in my bed."
    Ace nodded and slowly sat up. "I understand." He got off the bed and put his hands to his side, ready to beam back to Circe.
    "Wait!" I reached out and grabbed his hand before he could leave.
    "What? Change your mind?" He smiled.
    I let out a deep breath. "I wish, but there is something else I was going to ask you."
    "And what is that? Need help on an American History project? Maybe prove to your science professors that aliens do exist?" He arched an eyebrow.
    "No, nothing like that." I stood up from the bed and intertwined both our hands. Someday I would have to share him with the world, and I knew someday I would have to explain how anyone