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"It’s so hilarious" Sheme off

"I’m sorry, but I can’t believe you had sex on my couch" Tears drop from my eyes "Like, who does that?"

I don’t knohy I find it so hilarious, but I do Maybe it’s the fact they were so sha her ar house Big is an understate for only to people to live in As a teenager, Selena’s house was my haven I never wanted to leave--it’s also the place I lost et Selena still lives with her daddy and she loves it He gives her e full and doesn’t care what she does as long as she’s responsible I re on her oo feet, but she doesn’t care She likes where she is

When I get out of the car, I text Seth Selena’s home address I don’t knohen he’ll be here, but I know it’s soon and I hope Selena can pack quickly I follow Selena in through the huge double wooden doors and into the foyer We quicklystaircase and the third door on the left is her rooed it around a bit since I was last here The wooden king size bed is on a small raise to the left of the room, shrouded in sheer curtains of every color In the center of the roos and in the lass coffee table None of the colors in her roo seem out of place, but at the same time it looks aweso past her and into the room

She puts on her best ‘Olivia’ voice "Because you’re an adult and you like living on your oo feet"

"It doesn’t sound nearly as fun when you say it like that" I say, dropping into one of the couches and running my hands over its leather surface

Selena runs into her walk in wardrobe and returns with a sirey sweater in her hands "What do you think of this?"

I stare wide-eyed at her "You chastisedto wear silk and you want to wear deniaze falters and she flops into the other couch with a huff

"What’s wrong?" I ask, leaning forward "If you want to wear the denis at the tag at the back of the jeans "I overheard Jackson telling his friend last night that he thinks I overdo it so my eyebrows

Selena launches her sweater attoabout my clothes, ainst the white leather "Are you sure? Maybe you miss heard him?"

"I didn’t" She inches forward "Make me like you--just for the next two days and I’ll show him I can be normal"

Wow Selena Graham wants fashion advice from me? Did hell just freeze over?

"Honestly, there isn’t much to it Dress for comfort, not to impress Wear the skinny jeans, but not this God awful sweater Color is key"

She scowls atthis for a boy"

"He must be special"

I see a pink hue spread across her chest and up her neck

"Whatever" She shrugs and clily at her She has never cared what a boy thought about her before Jackson I know she cares about hi with two pairs of jeans, thite spaghetti straps, one beige cardigan and teaters One is a pretty, light-blue and the other is a strange shade of pink On top of her clothes she throws in a hair straightener and ato make a state into a black track suit "If I stay in this roorab Selena by the wrist and drag her from her roo echoes through the house Selena slides her handbag up her arm and stuff her hands into the pockets of her pants I can tell wearing a track suit out of the house is going to kill her

"I feel like an idiot" She grumbles

"Relax, you look fine"

I open the door to Jackson and Seth They’ve changed their clothes, too Jackson wears a loose pair of drawstring pants and a t-shirt He looks co in his black hooded jacket and loose jeans It isn’t open and exposing his midsection like it had e ran into each other at the Steakhouse, but it still made my mouth water nonetheless Jackson eyes Selena curiously "Are you feeling alright?"

Seth and I ht s I can see it in his eyes

"I’m not sick" Selena snaps "I’h, even Seth chuckles He’s irl she is She dresses to i blonde hair over her shoulder "I’ at me like I’m some kind of freak with two heads"

She pushes her way past Seth and Jackson and heads out to the car Jackson follows closely behind, squeezing her bu a kiss on his cheek I smile, they rab his arrab his arm, but it’s too dam thick to fit in , other than that, I’e door behind ht that --which I totally understand I know I ruined breakfast because Blade showed up and all of that, but I didn’t know--"

Seth reaches out for me and he pulls me into him His mouth descends upon ainst him and sleep Cool air caresses my lips when he pulls away and I blink at him, completely dazed

"What was that for?"

A lock of ers swipe it away "Because I missed you"

"You missed me?" I couldn’t keep the skeptical tone fro someone, Olivia I’m not completely shut off froainst him and the need to have him as close to me as I can burns deep inside "I know I just never expected to hear words like that come from someone like you"

His hands slip away froht, i choice of words "You knohat I irls you sleep with"

"I thought we clarified that you mean more to me than that?"

Did we? IHe reat--beyond great--it’s absolutelyto want a deeper relationship Sure, he told me that his dad died and that he slept with Mason’s wife, but he refuses to say anything about his mom or sister--I don’t even know their na I don’t know a thing about him, yet he knows so much about me He knows Blade and Selena He’s met both ainst his words and I have to play it safe because I do care about him I like him--more than a friend and I need to be careful because it doesn’t look like I’

"I fall into the ‘shit you care about’ portion, I know, but" I shake o to Concord, have fun and then sort things out e coames It’s about time I sort my life out"

I’m unnerved as his tense face studies my features I know I probably ruined his trip, but I said it and now it’s too late to take it back I just have to keep re to Concord for Dad, to keep an eye on hiet ing the subject and acting like the conversation we just had didn’t take place

"He’s riding with Darryl and the tea of the team, what exactly does Jackson do?"