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"Anna, I wanted to ask you soot into the car and she frowned at me

"Who died?"

"No one" I paused "Do you have a crush on Luke?"

"What?" She looked atin her face

"Do you have a crush on Luke?" I stared at her hard "You can tell me if you do"

"No, I don’t He’s like our brother"

"Well, yes But he isn’t really our brother" I paused "I know that a lot of girls think he is attractive now"

"Do you have a crush on him?" She looked at me with narrowed eyes

"No, of course not" I shook ross"

"Why?"

"He’s like my best friend and my brother"

"But he’s not your brother"

"Well, you know" I cringed "That’s gross I couldn’t even picturehih No way" I pretended to puke "That would be sick"

"Okay" She rolled her eyes atabout what you said earlier Do you think Bryce invited you because of Eddie?"

"What?" I frowned at her, upset that she had brought up Eddie

"Well, you know After everything that happened" She looked at me sideways as I drove "Maybe he wants to talk to you about that night"

"I don’t want to talk about that night" I felt my breath catch as I drove "I never want to think about that night again Except for the part when Bryce rescued ht want to talk about it Especially seeing as he left right after Eddie, you know" She paused

"He had nothing to do with that" I looked at her, annoyed

"We don’t know that"

"I do" My voice was fir is possible, Lexi" She reached over and touchedhappened"

"Like what?" I looked at her with narrowed eyes

"I’m not meant to say"

"Anna, you have to tell me now"

"Let’s not discuss it now" She squeezedto wear toBryce in?"

"No," I sighed "I don’t have anything tohi?"

"That sounds like a good plan," I grinned,my anxiety fro about Eddie Especially after what had happened

"Shall we ask Luke?" I turned to ain "I know you have a crush on hihed, playing with her long, brown hair

"Of course he would," I sirlfriend like you, especially after dating that skank Briget"

"You think so?" She smiled at me, shyly

"I know so" I rolled my eyes "Luke may look like a hottie now, but he’s still a nerd inside," I laughed Luke had had a h School He had joined a gyht, so that his lanky fra stringy hair and he had gotten rid of his thick owl-glasses His transforirls outside of our circle who really seeirl at coet, and had dated her for about two years I couldn’t stand her and she didn’t like me I hadn’t been sad when they had broken up

"Does it inity to her?" Anna questioned lad that it finally happened"

"Really?"

"Yes A twenty-two year old hed as we pulled into irls and we’re both saving it for so?"

"I think they already have," I grinned

"Really?"

"Yup Luke and Bryce" I wiggled my eyebrows "I think they will led

"They wish" I danced as we got out of the car "At least I hope so"

"You hope what?" Luke and Bongo ca, nosey" I punched hirinned at rinned at hi her hair over her shoulder

"So Lexi roped you into going to this party as well?"

"It should be fun"

"For whoo to catch "I feel like we are in a tih school"

"We were never invited to the party of the year in high school," I reminded him

"And I don’t know if I want to be invited now"

"At least we’ll all be there" Anna walked up to him and rubbed his shoulder and he looked down at her and srinned "I suppose you and I will have to keep each other cooes after Bryce"