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"Thanks, Luke" She gave hiathered her in his arms and they walked towards the front door I watched as they left and felt so apart The pills hadn’t worked I wondered if I should take two more

"Hey, Bryce I’m always here for you" Suzannah smiled and purred up at me and Mary winked at me I felt nauseous and couldn’t believe I had put up with these girls in high school

"Hey, what’s going on everyone?" Anna walked into the kitchen with a huge smile and a buzzed look on her face

"Your friends just left, rat face" Suzannah laughed at her

"What?" Anna frowned

"Lexi and Luke left" Suzannah laughed "Ha, even their nauess they do ether" Anna and I spoke at the saave her a s houllible I’m sure they’ve been fk buddies for years"

"Wash your rowled at her I turned away from her and walked up the stairs quickly I needed to lie down for a second My head was pounding and I could barely keep ht in pitch black and confused I couldn’t really reht before and I wasn’t sure how I had gotten in bed But I sensed immediately that there was a nad woainst mine and I stilled I turned to peek at her face, but it was so dark that I wasn’t sure who it was

All I could re me that Lexi and Luke had been fk buddies for years Lexi had fooled in I had always suspected that she and Luke hadon than they pretended to have I felt a jolt of pain dart through my heart and I closed my eyes I didn’t want to think about Lexi I couldn’t afford to think about Lexi She was nothing to me She didn’t want ht with Eddie, she wouldn’t want me then either

I reached over and pulled the woman closer to me and closed roaned as she woke up and leaned over to kiss me The kiss wasn’t especially sensual, but it was filled with need I kissed her hard and she kissed me back hard She ran her hands up and down my chest and I rolled her over onto her back I still hadthe I just did it

As I reached down and slid into her, I felt roaned underfor this unknooman Only the need to relieve usted withsx with this woman, when my heart ith another I finished quickly and pulled out, as I was about to finish I rolled over and lay in the bed with hed I’d have to have a talk with Suzannah in theand I didn’t want to be back with her Just because Lexi had so to settle

My head was aching when I finally woke up in the h myroused me out of my sleep I stretched and iainst me I went to slide out of the bed but I felt her hand reach around and grab oing to ," she whispered as she kissed my back and I pushed her hand away fro hardness for wanting her

"Morning" I turned over, ready to have the conversation and my heart stilled as I made eye contact I felt my heart sink and my eyes widen as I saas in ht and, as I closed et out of this mess

Chapter 13

"I’ve come to take you out for pancakes" Luke showed up at h I just want to go back to sleep," I groaned and let hi"

"Let ue out at him and rubbed ht"

"Lexi, at least you kno, before it’s too late" Luke’s voice was calhed "That Bryce told the whole school my business, that everyone thinks I’m the reason why Eddie killed hier/alcohol problem?"

"Lexi, you’re not responsible for Eddie’s death" Luke put his arm around me as I sat down on my bed

"I just don’t knohat to think, Luke" I putfor what he tried to do, but, I mean, he had to have some sort of issues"

"Whatever issues he had weren’t your fault, Lexi"

"Maybe I could have saved him?"

"How could you have saved your near rapist, Lexi?" Luke pulled my face up to his "Look, Lexi, you are not at fault here"

"I know," I sighed "It just seems too much"

"You know Bryce and his friends have issues It couy, Luke," I sighed

"Whatever" Luke rolled his eyes "He’s not good enough for you"

"I like hiet to know him better I want to be there for hihed and pulled away from me "I just don’t understand, what does he have thatabout hiuy froh school Okay, so he’s blond and hot, and he was the football star But we are adults now"

"Luke, he savedraped Do you understand that?"

"He’s not your savior, Lexi You were nearly raped by his best friend," he shouted at me "It was the least he could do"

"He saved me, Luke," I cried out to him "Why don’t you understand?"

"I’uish

"It’s not your fault, Luke" I stared at his pained face "I don’t bla this, Lexi," he sighed and stood up "I can’t just sit by and watch you fling yourself at a guy who doesn’t deserve you"

"Who does deservealone"

"You don’t have to be alone, Lexi" He spoke quietly and I stilled I was scared at what he was going to say next "I’ve always been here for you"

"You’re my best friend, Luke"

"Maybe I want to be more"

"No, no you don’t" My words were panicked and unsure "You’re just confused" I stepped away froht about it?" His voice was pained "We get on so well"