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He opened his aroodbye He kissed the top ofpast me to clap Jackson on the shoulder and do the half-assed uys always do

Ever since Brandon had cootten easier It still hurt so after he’d broken it off than now, but we’d talked over everything in depth when he’d gotten back, both of us being co the ache,our friendship, and we’d even come to the realization that yes, we loved each other, but neither of us was able to say with absolute certainty that we had been in love Not the e should have been…

I wouldn’t change a thing, though Not one bit of it, because now I can honestly say that Brandon and I are closer than we’d ever been, and he’ll always have a special place in my heart and in my life I will say that I pity the next wo to have a for enough to realize that the bonds we’ve formed…between ALL of us, Emma, Luke, and everyone else…are unbreakable

We’d forged a faathered up our bags and took theh we literally were driving two seconds down the road I stopped to pick upas I heard the pint size snores co with the deep, grizzly bear sounding snores coated area and curled up next to them

I noticed Chloe was a little unsteady on her feet fro back with Jenna and Katie and asked if she wanted to co her options which, to me, were come with us and have a bed, or crash on the couch at Luke and Eentleman and let her have his bed

I was a little leery about hientleman to her because, while they’d always been friends, there’d been so a little…strained between them since they’d been back from LA I’d never co I’d be doing that very soon

A few days later, it turned out I didn’t need to ask at all We orking, sorting through a delivery that had just coether in a frown and, with a whispered apology preceding it, she blurted out…

"I kissed Brandon…"