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And then I had nothing

As the group started talking about summer plans, I tried to pay attention to where each of the to spend their summer in DC, since Cam had made it onto the United teah Shepherd wasn't too far froly crazy They were leaving a week after school let out and heading to Paris, and they were planning to road-trip across Europe I'd never been on a plane, let alone overseas Hell, I hadn't even been to New York City Teresa and Jase were in thean awesome beach trip to the Carolinas with his parents and little brother They were getting a condo on the beach, and all Teresa could talk about was soaking her toes in ocean water I'd also never been to the beach, so I had no idea what sand felt like under my feet

I really needed to get out more and have a life Seriously

But that was okay, because those things, including gallivanting across the continent with a Hot Guy, weren't part of oals-the three F's

Finish college

Find a career in the nursing field

Finally reap the benefits of following through on so

Goals were good Boring But good

"You're awful quiet tonight, Calla"

I tensed up, unable to help myself, and then I felt heat seep acrossthe bottle betweenotten that Brandon was sitting next to et that? I was just currently pretending he wasn't there

I wetted my lips as I shifted my head so a sheet ofit all in"

Brandon chuckled He had a nice laugh And a nice face And a nice body And a really nice ass

And then there was Brandon Sigh Like an extended sigh felt around the world He would also be a close second to the lieutenant of the Hot Guy Brigade with his brown hair and broad shoulders

"With Ollie here, it's always a lot to take in," he coabout the turtle roller skates idea he has"

I laughed, relaxing a little uy, soine turtles on roller skates"

"Ollie's either bat-shit crazy or a pure genius" Brandon shifted on the ottoman "Jury's still out on the verdict"

"I think he's a genius" I watched Ollie scoop up the turtle and head back around the couch to the pretty extravagant habitat the little greenall of his courses Med school can't be easy"

"Yeah, but rinned when I laughed under my breath "So, has the epic battle for next-semester classes ended?"

I nodded as I grinned again, settling back in the raduated withHulk Hogan Everyone who knewmy schedule for what felt like an eternity We were currently a week away from the end of the semester and almost a month since academic advisement for next semester had closed up

"Yeah, finally I think I had to give up ot all I needed I have to meet with soood"

His brows knitted as I glanced at hi okay with that?"

"I think so" I couldn't think of any reason why it wouldn't be "Any plans for this summer?"

One broad shoulder rose "Haven't really thoughtsummer classes"

"Sounds like fun"

He snorted

I started to say so pretty good with this one-on-one convo with Brandon, but I lost track of what I was about to say when there was a knock My gaze tracked Ollie to the door He answered like he'd lived here

"What up, pretty lady?" he said, and I sat up,around the neck of the beer bottle

A pretty, little brunette cruised on into the apartertips She save Brit a little wave

I didn't know her name

I sort of refused to learn it, because after the last two se Brandon, I didn't put the effort into knowing any of the girls he "hung out" with because there were

But this girl-with her tiny brown pixie cut and ballerina body-was different They had a class together this se out in March, but this was the first I'd seen her with Brandon outside of campus

Actually, I'd never really met her I'd never really met any of his frequent flyers, just seen them around school and sometimes at parties, but Brandon hadn't been on the party scene sincewell, since March

"There she is" His green eyes lit up

Oh shit

I was a slow learner

I inhaled through my nose and s to Brandon as he straightened froht into the her ar bounced over his back, and her -missile, and I couldn't blame her for that

They kissed

A big, wet, and deep kiss-a real kiss Not the "we're getting to know each other" kind of kiss or "we're just hooking up" kiss, but a "we've already swapped lots of body fluids" kind of kiss

And God, I watched the to eat each other's faces up until themy creeper status to a whole new level I forced aze collided with Teresa