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"He alas the lucky one of the two of us," Justin said with the sa?"

"No, I was just heading outside to try Maddie’s dip"

"Whatever you think of it," he said in a low voice, "tell her you love it"

"Isn’t it good?"

"It’s great," he said, but he’d clearly felt he had to warn Serena anyway, to make sure that no ood at the end of the day Without siblings, Serena hadn’t had a chance to see into a fa--and fantastic--as she’d always thought it would be At the sah, it was so much more complicated than she’d ever realized

On the one hand, Maddie clearly felt pressured by her family’s expectations, but on the other, she was obviously totally supported in her dreams Grant was likely needed in his office this afternoon, but he’d chosen to take these hours off to celebrate his sister Olivia ary of Serena and wanted to protect Sean fro hurt because she loved him so much And Justinwell, Serena didn’t have a handle on Sean’s twin yet, beyond sensing that he was really nice in addition to being ridiculously good looking

She could only iine how the Morrison house must have been overrun with phone calls and visits fro to date theht, as she finally headed outside, Sean wasn’t the only one dating someone But when she looked around the backyard, there was only one other person she hadn’t met

Drew Morrison turned to her with the look of a man who knew precisely the kind of effect he had on woh he had BAD BOY written all over him, from his black jeans to his spiky hair and tattoos, she was really happy to find that he didn’t put her on edge the way so many other musicians did Especially those creeps she’d filmed the video with

"Great to finally rass to say hello, even the way heon an act Drew Morrison just was a rock star He owned it from the inside out and clearly had found his perfect career fit Whereas Serena had never been doing ain, though she felt more than a little shy, she didn’t let it stop her fro him, "I really like your ot the sense that he really did

A moment later, Sean’s ar up okay? I don’t have to beat Drew up for hitting on you, do I?"

She laughed as she shook her head, then sreat fah she knehat he’d really been seeing since they walked in to Maddie’s party was a family minus one very important person She could see that sarees So up, their grief For now, at least