"I was doing really, really okay," protests Jack, laughing at himself for a moment. "But then he like, draped himself all over me while we dancing, said he was running interference and..." He shrugs.
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"I was doing really, really okay," protests Jack, laughing at himself for a moment. "But then he like, draped himself all over me while we dancing, said he was running interference and..." He shrugs.