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That was true They were both tall, good-looking guys, and Brandon was built like a linebacker Recent photos of them online showed Brandon with a full beard and Micah with a lot of scruff Tattoos covered seventy percent of their bodies Alone they drew attention; together they would definitely draw recognition

Shit

"Look, Gayle said you don’t want the press knowing your business right now and I get that We’re not going to bring that on you Tell ave hi my nerves co at every little sound until it was almost a relief to hear the buzzer for the downstairs door I couldn’t bringaway anyain, I hurried over to the intercom and hit the speaker "Hello?"

There was a moment of silence and then the intercoht back a wave of ed to another person, to another life, and the fact that I felt so adrift froly painful "Micah?"

"Yeah, it’s me," he breathed "Can you let me up?"

I pressed the buzzer and stepped over to the door to reainst the door, I waited,exponentially shallower as I waited for Micah to coh I heard his footsteps approaching, I still ju, I unlocked and slowly opened it

Green-gold eyes blazed into rief

His own expression see that grief transforer

When he suddenly came at me, I tensed, unsure, only to freeze entirely as he hauledhe was huggingme, I closed my arms around his back and held on

He didn’t smell like Micah Micah used to smell of pot and beer Other times of perfume and sweat There were rare times when you could smell soap and shampoo beneath the other scents that more than hinted at his lifestyle

But soap and shaainst his chest

He squeezed o of me, only to cup my face in his hands so he could stare at my face "I don’t knohether to kill you or kiss you, Skylar Finch"

Since kissing wasn’t an option and killing was not preferable, I ith neither and gently extricated myself so I could close the door

"We have a lot to talk about," I said

He nodded, his eyes dragging down ain "Brandon filled me in on some"

"Why didn’t you wait to come here with him?"

Micah looked at me incredulously "Because you and I need to talk on our own With Brandon and Austin, you left the band Withaway fro me into the apartment Still, after all this time, Micah couldn’t see past us "Brandon and Austin were my family They’re like my brothers I left theh his hair, absently taking in his surroundings before turning his attention back to eousness A long tiet butterflies Although I feltat him now, I didn’t feel that attraction His attractiveness felt like a fact rather than soia

Had it really been love between us or merely an infatuation?

"Where’s Austin?" I feared he hated me and that’s why he hadn’t co Wild We can’t get a hold of hiht be athe Pacific Crest Trail," he said "His girlfriend, Selina, talked hi for a girl Both he and Micah had been the one-night-stand kind of guys Brandon had always been the relationship type For a long time, none of his relationships had lasted until Heather She was a stylist he’d began dating before ed