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Struuitar as I walked, I moved over to theand looked out at the ocean Yeah, I could write a lot of songs about that girl And every single one would fail to do her justice

I froze as Demetri’s car pulled into the driveway He slammed the door, ran to Nat’s side, opened it and pulled her into his ar to murder him

I ran down the stairs just in time to see Demetri open the door and step inside Nat was pale and lifeless in his ared her

"What did you do to her?" I yelled, unable to controlout

"I kissed her! That’s it! We went to dinner and she fell asleep in the car!" Deed her or sorumbled Fine, it was a lo

"What the hell!" De to bring that up, now of all times?"

I cursed and reached out to touch Nat’s face, she was burning up "Can you hear me, Nat?"

She moaned and tucked herself further into Demetri’s chest He looked panic-stricken, totally out of his element

"We’ll just take her home She can sleep it off She’s probably sick," Demetri said a lot more calm now

"No, we can’t" I said in a stern voice "Her dad and ht to a date weekend They won’t be back until toes but her cell phone uys were out, so she left a one"

"So?" Deed Was he really that stupid?

I pulled back fro my brother where he stood "So, if we leave her at her house and she’s this sick, what do you think is going to happen to her? She’s burning up"

"Oh" Demetri was quiet for a few minutes "Does that mean she has a fever?"

I seriously alainst it "Just get some ibuprofen, Demetri, okay?"

"Fine" He went into the kitchen, opened the pantry and slareatly for my strain

He had put Nat on the couch, she looked so frail and helpless lying there and I hated that I couldn’t do anything "Nat, are you okay?"