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Chapter 1

Andrea

This had to be the absolutely stupidest thing I’d ever seriously considered agreeing to take part in That was ad pretty epic, because I’d done a lot of stupid inaround on planet Earth And I mean, a lot of stupid

At the ripe age of six, I’d shoved a fork in h I’ to do That ended in a trip to the eency room and a near heart attack for the dear old ain Then, when I was ten, I allowed my older brother—older by barely a year—Broderick to convincefrom the porch roof into the pool down beloas a totally cool idea and not dangerous at all That also ended with a trip to the ER, a broken leg, and a su for Brody

Not all my stupid actions resulted in hospital visits, but that didn’t make them any less dumb When I was fourteen, I was positive that I could takeout Unfortunately, in the excitearage door and ended up driving through it

In their shiny, new Benz

Then I’d dated Jonah Banks, all-star quarterback in high school, and while that didn’t necessarily sound like a bad thing, he’d been under the impression—and probably still was—that the sun revolved around the Earth And because everyone else was doing it, I’d given hirow that da in the back of his truck and all that sweating so hadn’t been worth the pain and weirdness

I was also beginning to think changing my major at the start of the new year from pre-med to education hadn’t been a s to be in school forever and when I graduated, I’d be so far in debt that Sallie Mae would be the godmother of any children I had Not toof decisions that they didn’t necessarily approve of Both were doctors, successful ones, and Brody was already in ood child that he was

But beco a doctor…well, it had been what they wanted Not e his e to do the sah Or really admit that to anyone

However, one of reatest idiotic decisions to date, and probably themyself to be charmed by Tanner Hammond Because I totally, totally knew better Fronized Tanner for what he was—a player’s player After all, I’d grown up with a brother who’d had the attention span of a gnat when it cairls Tanner was no better

Fucker

But I was about to make another epic bad decision, because as I stared into Sydney Bell’s bright blue eyes, I couldn’t tell my best friend no

Well, I could tell her no I’d told her no a lot, but I couldn’t in this situation, because telling her nodrove …well, alone