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I wiped the lone tear that fell, disheartened to witness this kind of interaction between them "Sorry It’s over here" I led him to the far left side of the apartment "Our room is on the other side of the kitchen This is your bathroom, so make yourself at home"
"I’ve never seen him like this He didn’t even make eye contact with me," Dean said with a wince
"Told you it was bad"
"Yeah, I know," he breathed out "I need a minute"
"Of course Take all the ti anywhere" I turned to leave the rooht into Melissa
"Is this our roo around me
"Yep Bathroom’s behind you Make yourself at hoive her a hug and whispered, "Take care of Dean, please Don’t fuck with hi to break hiainst me, shocked byHe needs you," I said pointedly before walking away
New York State of Mind
The nexton the couch two nights in a row The constant barrage of conversation surrounding me reminded me that my brother and Melissa were here
Great
It had to be clear to everyone that I was avoiding hts I never i over wreckedruinedanynizable asshole And the worst part was, I knew it I was completely aware of my behavior, but it was like I couldn’t stop it My head would tell my mouth not to say what it was about to say, but h I wanted to take it all back, I didn’t It’s as if I started digging a hole and once I got in it, I couldn’t stop digging I wanted to get low enough so that I could bury ain That hat losing baseball felt like
"Hey, asshole," my little brother’s voice called out and I cleared my throat
"What do you want, dick?"
"I want to sightsee and you’re taking hed There was no way I was going to let Dean boss me around "I’" Even that sentence caainst her
"I’m sure she would be too But I want you to take et out of this house And you look like shit"
Melissa laughed and I shot her an evil look "Shut up, Fun-Size Why are you even here?"
"Fuck you, Jack I’ an asshole to ive a shit about her"
Her words stung, but I pretended not to be fazed Each breath I sucked in piercedCassie, but I couldn’t Why couldn’t I just fucking stop? Pushing up fro at the table, then growled at Dean, "Be ready to leave in ten"
"So, where we going?" irls at the apartment, his face filled with excitement
"You like it here, don’t you?" I teased,their leaves and the weather was changing That was definitely one of the coolest things about living here--the feeling in the air as the seasons changed
He looked around "I’ve never seen anyplace like it"
And he was right There was nothing like this in Southern California, and New York did have a ical feel to it That is, once you looked past all the dirt, trash, and large rats running around Hell, even that shit didn’t bother me
"Well, I haven’t seen much, to be honest," I adot to see Central Park It’s huge" I punched my brother in the arm
"How far is it? Do we drive there? Or walk? Or take the subway?"
I shook my head "Shut the fuck up Jesus, you’re like a damn chick We’ll walk there It’s nice out and that way you can see round in the train"
Dean agreed and basically walked with his head up his ass, staring up and around the whole tis At least act like you’re paying attention or so lance
"It’s a big fucking city Shit happens Don’t act stupid"
A group of young couples passed by us and I pullednoticed "I think that was Jack Carter! Oh irl squawked from behind me
"Shit," I mumbled to no one in particular
"That is him," I heard another one say "Look, he has a cast on and everything Jack? Excuse ainst the paveroup of twenty-soraph?" one of the girls asked hopefully
Lifting upwith a broken hand, sorry"
"Oh yeah, stupid et a picture with you, then?"
I sucked in a breath and glanced around before agreeing "Sure"
After one shot, I’d hoped ere done, but everyone had their own camera phone, and wanted their own picture Soon a s Trying to keepa photo with ly turned photographer "Sorry Maybe we should have taken the train," I said before continuing up East Fifty-Ninth