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[wingerguarantee]

Jeff was the kind of person who didn't deal with things.

And honestly, he was tempted to do exactly that - it'd be easy to shrug off the loss once upon a time, to convince himself he didn't care. He could lie to himself just as well as he could lie to anyone around him - maybe better. But there was this weight on him now (and this is exactly why

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[everyone_takes]

When the knock came, Kate thought it was probably Harry and his timing was perfect. Studying was exactly as boring on the island as it had been back home, with the exception of her ass kicking and dancing classes, of course. Trying to read and remember things and take notes and do assignments? That shit was basically the worst. So it was with little concern for her school work that she got up from the bedroom and nearly ran for the door, throwing it open.

"Oh," she said when she saw Jeff instead of Harry. "Hey, I thought maybe you were my boyfriend. This is cool, though." A distraction was a distraction, after all, and even if she didn't go around saying it a bunch, Jeff was one of her favourite people. "So, what up, island father?"

[wingerguarantee]

Of course she was home. On the bright side, what Kate said immediately derailed the conversation.

"Island fath - you don't go around calling me that to people, do you?" he asked, eyebrow raising in her direction. A sigh followed when he realized that that subject wasn't what this was about today. Motioning inside her hut, he asked, "Look, can I come in? I need to talk to you."

[everyone_takes]

"Whoa there, ego, I don't go around blabbing about you or anything," Kate answered, but she was grinning as she stepped back to let Jeff inside. Whatever it was, it seemed sort of serious, but she'd had a lot of serious in her life and sometimes continuing to fuck around when something was going on was the best way to go.

"Did the goat eat your clothes or something?" she asked, closing the door behind Jeff and gesturing to the couch-thing that had been left behind before they moved in. It wasn't as comfortable as the couch they'd had back home, but it wasn't bad.

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Jeff just rolled his eyes as he followed her in. Now that he was here, he was more and more keenly aware he had no idea how to do this. Why would anyone think he was cut out for this job? And the mention of the stupid goat reminded him that someone was going to have to take care of him now that she was gone. Because of course she'd leave her random goat behind as some unending burden to deal with.

He'd leave it to Annie.

"I wouldn't let that thing near my hut," he replied as he waited for her to sit down too before he came out with it. He was possibly stalling, if he was really honest with himself. "Or by me, if I can help it."