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After sending his last text, Hartley set his phone down and decided to keep himself busy until Bart got there by playing with his rats. He probably should have considered making some dinner, since it was getting close to that time anyway, but Bart said he'd be there in ten minutes, so Hartley figured it would make more sense to just wait until he got there and then order something if he was hungry. Besides, his mind was on other things at the moment anyway. Like Bart's texts.

Hartley was used to his conversations with Bart taking a vaguely flirtatious tone, but there really hasn't  been anything vague about any of this since their road trip. Things were different now, but at the same time not very different at all. They were still friends, but they were also more than that now. They didn't have to limit themselves to subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) flirting anymore.

But it was still sometimes difficult to tell whether Bart was being serious, sarcastic or just plain corny for the hell of it, so Hartley was looking forward to seeing how this evening was going to go.