"Oh!" Of course she has a boyfriend.... "Uh, yeah, of course. The more the merrier, right? Bring whoever you want as long as he isn't a cop...there are a few people that aren't quite twenty-one who'll be there," he tried to explain away what had been a lousy joke.
It bothered him that she had a guy and he knew that it was lame of him to feel that way. He had dated since her, so of course she had, too. And he knew that they shouldn't get back together...well...at least not while they still went to schools in different states. Okay, he sort of knew that. To be honest, it was hard for him to remember all the good reasons that they'd had for breaking up when she was standing right in front of him and there was an entire summer left where they'd be in the same town, too.
But...she has a boyfriend....So none of that matters anyway.