Room 226, Thursday evening

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Wyatt almost couldn't believe he was done with school. He'd had his last final that morning, and next was graduation. Which he'd been told in the past involved aliens and jello dragons, so he couldn't wait to see what was going to happen this year. Might as well relax while he could.

[For the brother. And the girlfriend.]

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"Female," Chris replied. "Apparently you, Savannah and Bridge conspired against me and now I'm taking Summer to prom."

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"Well, duh," Wyatt said smugly.

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"Wy," Chris whined. "I can't do this! I like her! I don't want to screw this up."

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"Well, if you like her," Wyatt said, "then ask her out properly and take the girl to the prom!"

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"I can't! She's my roommate, my best friend and she doesn't like me that way! This is going to end so badly."

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Wyatt shook his head and rolled his eyes. "Dude, you were switched in the hospital or something, you are so not my brother."

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Chris groaned. "What do you think I should do?"

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"Go back to your room and say, 'Summer, I really like you, will you go to the prom with me?'" Wyatt smirked. "If you want, I can ask her for you."

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"Bridge already told us that we're going to prom together," Chris said. "So that's not an issue. But... I can't tell her I like her. What if she doesn't like me that way? Things will be way awkward."

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"Dude, she's totally got the hots for you," Wyatt said. "Trust me, I can tell."

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Chris rolled his eyes. "What makes you so sure?"

No, there absolutely wasn't a note of hope in his voice.

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"Because I'm an expert," Wyatt said, "and because you wouldn't know a girl was interested in you unless she painted herself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord yelling 'I like you!'"

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"That's not true," Chris argued. "But... seriously. What has she done that makes you think she likes me?"

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"The way she looks at you, the way her voice changes when she talks about you," Wyatt said. "She's probably got notebooks with 'Summer Halliwell' written in them inside little hearts."

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Chris considered that. "I dunno..."

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Wyatt sighed and threw a pillow at his brother. "You are such a dork. She likes you."

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"I just don't wanna mess anything up. How did you know that you should make a move on Isabel?" Chris asked.

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". . . when she broke up with Peter and came and told me she was interested?" Wyatt said. "That was a whole different situation."

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Chris sighed. "Yeah, that would definitely make things easier."

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"Look, one of you needs to make a move," Wyatt said. "Man up and do it."

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"We'll see what happens tomorrow night, I guess," Chris said.

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"You take her to the dance, you tell her she's beautiful, then you go back to your room and make sweet love," Wyatt said. "And since you're roommates, you don't need to worry about leaving a sock on the door or anything."

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Chris rolled his eyes. "I don't know if we're ready for all that."

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Wyatt rummaged through a drawer, then threw a box of condoms at Chris. "Be prepared," he said. Oh, how he loved to make his little brother flail. It was so much fun.

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"DUDE!"

Chris huffed, but stuck the box in his pocket. No sense turning them down, just in case.

"Even if something happens with me and Summer, I don't think either of us would be ready to make that kind of leap."