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"Are we having cake and ice cream or not?" Dylan skulks into the kitchen and I release a relieved breath

"Working on it, Dill Weed," I say "Grab some plates" He scowls at the nick na rooar, I openleft but to tell everyone lance and he squeezes my hand under the table

I sit forward and clear"So, I need to tell you guys sonant?" Alec asks, his voice strained

"What? No" I shake s at Jenny when she cocks a brow at hi to be mad I didn’t tell him ahead of time I’m not really sure why I didn’t Maybe because I kno h I’ll only be tenin with Mason," I state

"Oh," Jenny replies softly

"Sweet," Annie says "I get lares at Mason

"Wait," Alec says He puts his hands up, pal traffic

"You can’t live with a boy unless you’re married," Addie speaks up

"She lives with me and Guy and we’re boys," Dylan says to Addie She puckers her brows and shrugs

Tooat once The only ones who are quiet are the twins as they paint their highchairs with icing, and ers with mine and I smile at him

"You can’t h school"

"Yeah, what about school?" Alec asks He crosses his arms over his chest and narrows his eyes "You can’t drop out"

"You’re dropping out of school?" Misty shouts

"What? No," I say I shake o to school"

"I can’t believe you didn’t talk to me about this," Guy spits He pushes his chair back and stands up

"Sit down, Guy," Jenny says firmly He just looks at her and she points at his seat He sinks down andhis arms

Jenny closes her eyes for a moment and takes a deep breath When she opens theht at me "You’ll stay in school?"

I nod

"And you’ll continue therapy?"

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"I’ll make sure she doesn’t miss a session," Mason announces "I kno important it is"

Jenny smiles weakly at hiers over his forearm "I think this will be okay" She shifts back to me "And if it’s not, you can come back Anytime But if we find out--" Her eyes dart around the table "If you skip out on therapy I’ll drag you back here by your hair"

Guy shoves away from the table "Awesome," he says, his voice thick with the sarcases h I nod and stand up I throw Jenny and Alec a reassuring srunts

I leave poor Mason to deal with him and chase after my best friend

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I don’t bother to knock I push Guy’s door open and step inside his roouitar and heaves himself onto his bed

"This will ether and strums a chord "I know"

"Then why are you mad?" I sit on the floor in front of hi

"I’s fluttering "I’m mad you didn’t talk to me I should have been the first to know But I’reat" He sets the guitar beside him on the bed and slides down in front of me

"I wanted to tell you, but we just decided, and you were still healing from the accident I didn’t want to upset you" I roll my eyes "I’m an idiot"

He presses his knees into mine and pokestoto miss you too," I murmur "You can come over all the time"