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Grace reached out and gaveme to stumble a few steps "It’s all over your da?"

There was no way I could hide the happiness I felt "Sex with Colt is hot every ti, I laced et houy alked by and said hello to her "Me too I just want to dig in the garden with Gra"

Grace and Alex were both going to school for Horticulture They loved getting their hands into Gra, but I preferred to be with the horses This su to train ain knowledge on a piece of his business But I wanted to gain more on the horse side of the business Daddy even had a few trips planned to take a look at sohtly, I couldn’t believe how threatened I was before about Colt working for my father

Grace and I walked back to the house instead of taking the bus It had felt good to get fresh air and just talk about stuff Colt only had one final left, while Grace, Alex, Will and I all had two left Once we all finished with our finals, ould be heading back to Mason Will and Colt had been packing up stuff and getting the house ready to lock up for the su back for football early and I was trying to figure out a way to letback early with hi to be happy about that Colt was the first really serious relationship I was in Roger was justfun tiot hot and heavy a few times, but my mind wasn’t consumed with him twenty-four hours a day like it ith Colt

"Besides the hot sex, things seeood between you and Colt," Grace said as alked up the driveway to the house

"Ahed "That bad huh?"

Stopping, I turned to Grace as she stopped and stared at oofy smile "Grace, so this drea down, I shookback up at Grace "I pushed Colt away for so long, fought feelings that I had just because of ood to be true Like I’ for the floor to be ripped out from underneath me"

Grace reached out and took my hand as she rubbed her thu The fact that three ofloveabout the what-ifs Look at Will and Alex Luke and Libby They are so in love and happy Sweetie, if it’s ether, Lauren Each day is a gift so don’t ever take it for granted or think you can put soet the chance"

A breeze blew as I watched it toss Grace’s long hair around Why hadn’t Grace, Maegan, and Taylor been as lucky as the rest of us? Grace and Maegan were both battling de alone, and Taylor was so caught up in being the perfect student for her parents, she wasn’t enjoying her life

"Thank you, Grace I really hope that your ti next You deserve to be in love and happy To find the frosting to your cake!"

Grace laughed as she rolled her eyes "You and your das, Lauren"

As alked back to the house I finally got the courage to talk to Grace about Noah "Grace,personal?"

"Of course you can, Lauren"

Worrying my lower lip, I asked, "Grace, why did you push Noah away? Alex and Libby said you seemed to really like him a lot"

Grace’s whole body tensed as we continued to walk "I do really like Noah Or did like him anyway He’s married now, so it doesn’t reallyGrace needed to talk about this, I pressed on "But that doesn’t anshy you pushed him away"

Grace chuckled "It’s pretty sis That seeroup"

Nodding my head, I whispered, "Yeah, it sure is"

Grace pushed her hair behind her ear as she inhaled a deep breath and slowly let it out "When I was in high school I let a guy have almost complete control over ain Actually, I vowed to never get lost in another guy again One night with Noah and I was cos in me that I had never experienced before The way he looked into my eyes was as if I was the very air he breathed It felt like it was too much too fast If that makes sense"