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Pulling out to the street, he leaned out hisand gave Mark thethe opposite direction, but a second later,hih as he went up a hill and over

I was done trying to figure therin "I love your other future stepbrother"

"I’hed and yawned "Are you nervous?"

"For?"

"Sahed "Yeah" The statethere instead of school I wanted to throw up

"I’ deal, right?"

"I mean, I already have a scholarship I have a back-up if I don’t get one fro to be there" He’d been laughing seconds ago Noas so serious "That’s a big deal, Sa it?"

My stomach decided it didn’t liketo soothe oing to do" The Escalade rolled to a stop at a light, and I looked over Logan aze His seriousness wasn’t faked It was real He was thinking about me, worried about ht there, seeing how scared I was I o there If I don’t…"

"You will" He reached over and took an squeezedWhatever you need, you tell ive you a radio and you can callI’ll do whatever If you want an inspirational poeelou If you want music to warm you up, I’an" The ball of tension was still there, but I had to adot to school It wasn’t until then that he let go of my hand

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

MASON

The conversation with Nate had been put off long enough, so I headed to his fraternity house I knew itpatient We had e I was about football and school He was about networking and branching out That was fine withfor the ride I was tired of social dra about e was to keepforward Then he fucked it up He wanted me to be friends with his friends No That wasn’t the deal After he brought Marissa to that lunch, I kneas Nate’s way of giving er He declared his side in that one move, and it wasn’t with ot to the house As I found a spot and headed towards the house, I heard cheering froe crowd had formed behind it

A loud horn sounded and the crowd erupted in cheers They flung their fists in the air A few guys du the cry as they shook their heads in a frenzy

"Ladies…and the rest of you ladies," a voice booh a microphone, "we are here for the Rival Revelry Rally because we are going to what?"