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"Okay, answer the phone Got it," she was crying a little again She was aeach ring, hoping like hell it wouldn’t go right to voicemail When I heard her pick up, and heard the crowds and round I felt relieved I knew she wasn’t far

"Reed?" she was yelling a little into the phone "Hang on, I can’t hear shit in here I’ to the ladies’ room"

I couldn’t tell where they were, but I kneas crowded, the techno round, and the constant streaaps

"Okay, that’s better I can hear you What’s up?" she said, not even a hint of panic to her voice

"Sienna, where’s Nolan?" I asked urgently, just wanting an answer at this point

"She’s out on the dance floor so to make her come home, but she won’t…why?" she clearly had no idea what had happened

"She just calledinto a nearby gas station so I could talk

"Wha?Wait, where is she, Reed?" Sienna asked, now a little worried herself

"I’m not sure She just called ht, and you left her at soine and tossedmy face out of frustration "What the hell, Sienna? She’s fking wasted I can hardly understand her"

"Yeah, I know She did shots--a lot of theo home for the last hour," Sienna said

"Well, you have to find her I think shethe sounds of the oing out front I’ll find her Reed," she was just as frustrated as I was When the round, I knew she was outside I heard a few voices and the sounds of cars roaring by on the road "Wait…I see her She’s sitting in the gutter…with her freakin’ shoes off, ohhhhhh"

I heard Nolan’s voice in the background, and laid"What happened?" I asked, wanting answers but knowing Sienna really didn’t have the tiive the at saying his name

"Gavin?! Why the hell would Gavin be here?" Sienna said, her voice a little ot you Coo home, okay?"

I heard Nolan, "Mht out She was near passed out I couldn’t even io Thanks for calling me I’m sorry you had to," she was a little short withup

"What the fk?" For the next 20about what had just happened I hadn’t heard her voice in weeks, not that she sounded like herself at all tonight But when I asked about Gavin, Sienna sounded like I was crazy Maybe she didn’t know that they had hooked up? Clearly they weren’t dating or anything My head was spinning, not sure as right any that I’d finally started to co

Chapter 10

Nolan

I woke up on Sienna’s sofa, my face crusty with dried saliva, and God knohat else My throat was dry as hell, and I wanted to gulp glass after glass of water, except when I sat upht, and my boots were stuffed in the sofa cracks, alht like they were a teddy bear I was pretty sure I never wanted to feel like this again

The kitchen light flickered on, and I heard the faint sounds of coffee brewing and pans sliding from a cabinet I pushed myself up on the sofa and cracked one eye barely open to see Sienna leaning on her hands across the counter staring at me Not really ready to deal with the look on her face, I just gru, sunshine," she said bitterly "You ready to hear about the fantastic night you h? Or do you want to throw up and whine about your splitting headache for a while?"

She was full-on banging pans on the stove now, flinging the fridge door shut with extra s to fry so loudly you would think she was throater balloons onto the stove