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"Yeah, okay, Mother Theresa," KC h so my year away "So can you speak French fluently now?"

"I know sorabbed a pillow fro away from the pictures in her hand After three years of devoted friendship, we could exchange har into my private bathroom, I called out, "So, can you stay for dinner? We can do pizza"

"Tonight I have to be ho over for dinner Mya little anxious about our relationship and wants to see him more" She enunciated "relationship" as if there was a doublefor two years, and they’d been hang sx for a while Her ressed

"Uh oh, is Sergeant Carter on to you two?" I grunted while shoving eant Carter’ due to her authoritarianKC had little privacy and was expected to report on everything However, it only made her want to keep her secrets htie and went ballistic" KC stood up and grabbed her purse off the bed

"I would’ve loved to see you talk your way out of that one" I shut off ht and followed her down the stairs

"If my parents were like your dad, then s," KC mumbled

I was pretty sure I would never tell my dad about my first time, whenever it happened

"Well, we can hook up to as it’s before school starts"

"Absolutely, toet myself cleaned up before dinner I’ll see you later," And she rushed out the door

"Later"

Chapter 4

"Godda, now illuoer

Déjà vu struck me as the house next door roared with otten about Jared’s raucous parties The constant vibrations of engines revving and girls screa--out of pleasure, I hoped--filled the air for the last two hours and was still going strong My ain, at the clock onaway the ht, and I had to wake up in five hours toclub for their weekly workout I had to wake up I thought, and that was providing I could get to sleep in the first place

And that wasn’t going to happen without an intervention

Isn’t it about tih my head

There was almost no chance that Jared would turn down the ht it orth a shot The "old Tate" would’ve lain in here awake all night, too intimidated by her bully to ask hiue and weariness had chipped away my patience

Maybe, just otten over whatever probles had turned chilly, so I was reluctant to step out ofoff the covers before I chickened out, I slipped on black Chucks and coveredloose, I earing no make-up, and I sported my favorite pair of blue and white pinstriped linen sleep shorts I could’ve looked better and probably should’ve put on some more modest bottoms, but I just didn’t care I was too tired, so I just stalked down the stairs and out the front door in allor my nerves, but I had to roll up my sleeves to cool down as I left my yard and traipsed into his The front lawn boasted rando of e that there’d be few people I ht know here I knew Jared’s list of friends included people froal adults frorounds By now, the croas so wasted that I slipped by unnoticed

Inside the house, the carousing was loud and obnoxious People danced in the living rooet dry-humped, while others sat or stood in various parts of the downstairs chatting, drinking, and se debauchery and stench…but, I ad normal It was official I was a stick-in-the-h the speakers, which seemed to have an output located in every roo over after all

Entering the kitchen in my search for Jared, I iered around the keg and other, harder offerings located on the countertop, the sight of Madoc sitting at the kitchen table playing drinking gauys and a couple of girls It was too late to do an about-face

"What the fk are you doing here?" He popped out of his chair and stalked over to me His sneer was plastic For show purposes only I knew Madoc relished any draht

And I was dra for you" S disinterested "Where’s Jared?"

"He’s already got a girl for tonight And I doubt he’d be interested in you anyway" He got in irls wanted Madoc’s attention, but I wasn’t one of theht, blue eyes and styled blonde hair He had a great body, and his clothes coirls for longer than one night