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How could this one moment knock every barrier I put up to ensure our friendship was intact? What did this mean? And could he feel it too?

Thankfully, ere suddenly interrupted by a friend asking us whether ere going toshaken frohts, I couldn’t find any words to respond, so I looked at Jaxon with raised brows, leaving hio for a bit What’s Prom without an after party?" he answered with a wicked s with people, andAlex Marcoux’s house was deemed the perfect place to throw the party because it was on the outskirts of Gosnells and isolated There were hardly any houses around the fielded, rural area

Alcohol littered the entire place along with the clouds of sarettes and other unmentionables The house itself was a small, basic three by two It also wasn’t in the most pristine condition, so nobody was keen toIt was chaos in there

Jaxon grabbed rinding bodies He stopped e got to the kitchen and grabbed two bottles of beer His suit jacket, tie, and white dress shirt were off He had on his white undershirt and suit pants I s full well he didn’t want to destroy it because of Lucinda She’d have a stroke if she saw his top was covered in stains Oh, Jaxon

Soed out of their dresses and intodone the sa ready for the actual prom than the after party

He handedarea There was only one seat open on the couch It didn’t seem to concern him as he sat down and pulled s apart so that I sat on the cushion between theulped some beer down

He barely knew anyone around us, yet he was so co hi full blown discussions with everyone

"Didn’t know you tere dating," said Abby Lowes so one ofwhat he was up to

"We’re not," I replied quickly The last thing I wanted was people to get the wrong idea

"Really?" asked Mike Kindly, a large robust guy I’d never had any classes with, but I’d known hi a part of the basketball team "So you wouldn’t mind if I yanked your friend for a dance, Jaxon?"

Jaxon’s body stiffened behind , but I’m her Prom date, dude I’d rather she stayed with me"

"Don’t feel like you have to be baby sitto look at his suddenly dark face "You go and have fun too"