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He tu in arettes and whiskey "Where’s she, man?"

Nat cleared her throat I wanted to step in front of her, but she seeh to take care of herself

"Natalee!" Demetri opened his arms; she stepped back

"Just sleep it off, bro" I tried to lead hiainst me

"No! Natalee, I’m so sorry, Babe I’m so sorry!" He fell to his knees and looked like he was ready to cry "It wasn’t what you think! I’ht she was you!"

I rolled my eyes Please tell me she didn’t actually believe that shit

"Really? And when you found out you rong you decided to do what? Kiss her back?" Nat yelled

"I’ainst ain, this time I tried to steady him on the first stair but he stu at me Hell no

"A pro my brother directly in the eye

Deround and promptly passed out

Nat covered her face with her hands "Is he okay?"

Did I look like I cared if he was breathing? I shrugged "Besides having a headache and the black eye I promised, yeah, he’ll be fine"

Nat was still frozen in place

"Coet you into bed I don’t care what you say I’ on your floor just in case the drunk wakes up and decides to apologize again"

"Okay" Her eyes were still on Deuilty I storound, picked hi a pillow at his face in the process

"Happy?" I swore

"Yes" Nat shifted on her feet Great, noas scaring her Had she any idea how important she was?

I led her down the hall toher in De to be opened My curtains were pulled back letting in a light breeze that would lull me to sleep in seconds -- had it not been drenched in Nat’s scent

"I’ll just grab you some sweats to sleep in, kay?" I scratched the back of hts

"Will these work?" I tossed her a pair of sweats that would hopefully hide every curve of her body

"Yeah, they’re fine" She pulled them close to her chest and sed

I looked down at the floor "Do you want to shower?"

"Kind of, I o to sleep and--"

"Nat, stop talking so fast, you’reme nervous" At least that part was honest