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"You need a lookout, you know that" He sighed
"You got an exam tomorrow" I walked to the kitchen "You need to focus"
"It doesn’t matter, I’ll fail anyway"
"Hold on" I putroo at The Si, and then I walked back to the kitchen I looked around and resisted the urge to start shouting about the mess The sink was full of dirty dishes, and there was food all over the counters and on the floor "Where’s Jared?"
"Dunno" Vincent sat back down and opened his book I sat down at the table with him and studied his serious face I wanted to tell hi the car; he knehat that was like already I wanted to tell him about Maddie, and how she had lit my heart on fire, and hoe had rass, and how I had thought I was going to explode from the sensations I wanted to tell hi out an?" Vincent looked at h his spiky black hair and he leaned towardshappened" I faked a san Martelli, the cops can’t keep up with an Martelli" He s, Vincent?"
"I just don’t think I can do this" He nodded at the books on the table "I’m too stupid to understand this crap"
"You’re not too stupid for anything" I gave him a stern look "Let’s have a look" I opened his book and saw the page on quadratic equations "I can help you with this, I was pretty good in hed and sat back "Genius of the fae boy, so I expect you’re just as enius as e boy More like a hopeful coe, you’ll still get a degree And then you can go on to a four-year university"
"I don’t know about all that"
"You’ll do fine Now go take a five-minute break, let me look over the problean" He jumped up "You’re the best"
"Yeah, yeah" I rolled my eyes and watched as he ran up the stairs I sat back in my chair and closedto drop out of co At twenty-two, Vincent was one of the oldest freshe, but I was so proud of hiet a college education, he had ignoredpot on the beach with some of his friends that he decided to enroll Thanks to the judge, it was colad Vincent had been caught that night I didn’t want a life of criet out of River Valley They didn’t need this life
"Okay, back You ready to teach me, Einstein?" Vincent ran back into the kitchen "And I think Jared’s back I just heard a car door slaot a ride?" I looked towards the front door, slightly annoyed
"I guess" Vincent nodded and bit his lip
"With Joey?"
"Dunno"
"Okay" I knew there was no point badgering Vincent about Jared If there was one thing that was true about the Martelli brothers, it was that eren’t snitches
"What’s up, bitches?" Jared sauntered into the house and threw his fingers up in the air I could tell that he was drunk right away, and I was pissed
"Where have you been, Jared?"
"Out" He walked into the kitchen with bloodshot eyes
"With Joey?"
"Yeah, and?" He glared atI stared into the eyes that were an exact replica of mine, and I counted to ten
"I told you I don’t want you hanging out with Joey"
"You what?" Jared laughed "I’m twenty-one, bitch, and you’re not my mom or dad"
"You know he’s bad news"
"We’re all bad news, that’s the beauty in it" Jared stue "Any food?"
"He’s real bad news, Jared" I walked over to hiet involved in that stuff"
"I know, I know" He sighed and turned around toto eat"
"What do you want?" I looked around the kitchen and realized that there was no space to , even if I’d wanted to "Let’s just order a pizza"
"You sure?" Jared’s eyes lit up and I pulled him towards me He was my little brother but he was still taller than me, with his six feet and four inches I patted hio and call them"
"You the best, bro"
"Oh, I’m your bro now and not a bitch?"
"You’re still a bitch" He laughed "What up, Vincent?"
"Just trying to get ready for this exaled his eyebrows and we all laughed as we sat down at the table I looked at ive h I was only three years older than Vincent and four years older than Jared, I felt a huge responsibility for them In fact, I often treated them like they were o, we had been essentially alone Dad had only been good for a few things: teaching us how to steal, how to drink, and how to not give a fk about anyone else
"Shh, Jared, Vincent can do this And so can you" I looked at hilazed look, that I kneasn’t going to re