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What a h the pitch-dark woods, even withthe eyes of little ani across the road andme slam on the brakes

It wasn’t until ere out of the forest and on a main road that I finally allowed ht The ot And I was disgusted atit I would have to deal with Scott eventually I hated confrontation, but he couldn’t be allowed to get aith it At least the school year was over and I wouldn’t have to face any of those people for a couple of er toward Scott and embarrassment at my own behavior were overshadowed by the conversation with Kaidan Just thinking about it ain I couldn’t believe it He was really like me Which hat, exactly? He knew, of course I wished I could have talked with hiet hold of him

I supposed I could attach e at his next show The thought actually h out loud He’d probably take one look at the white cotton panties and chuck the, but it ca voice

"Gonna be sick!"

Oh! I pulled the car over and leaned over Jay to fling open his door, which stuck, as always I got it open just in time

We had to stop once more after that Poor Jay I rubbed his back as he closed the door and leaned against it There wasn’tas we pulled into his neighborhood

"It’s okay," I said

"No, it’s not I don’t wanna be like Grampa Len" His whimper turned to a painedelse coherent after that Jana stood by the curb with her arms crossed, ticked I’d hate to be Jay tooth and didn’t take any crap

She and I got hi his parents, and then Jana drove et so ha"

"Wait, was this the one out at the lake? Even I heard about that party tonight Must have been insane"

"It was crazy"

We were quiet for a few minutes

"Who’s Grandpa Len?" I asked

"Huh? Oh, healcoholic To hear Mouy sober She was crazy about him Everyone was Then he would drink and it was like he had this evil twin He hurt a lot of people He battled his share of demons and eventually lost"