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A loud crash echoes through the bar andour little bubble of euphoria Graysons’ head whips up and I follow his gaze Brody is standing toe-to-toe with sohting in the bar Grayson wraps his hand around et to Brody When we finally h, the person in front of Brody coo of Grayson’s hand and scurry to where De

"You ok?" I whisper close to her ear She looks atto spill at any moment She simply shakes her head ‘no’, so I wrap ht I turnon in front of us but I don’t loosenup here," Brody says in Tommy’s face He shoves Tommy’s shoulder and that’s when Grayson steps in between the two

"This is not the place boys," Grayson warns, his voice calrowls "He shouldn’t be here after what he did"

To the tension to intensify The atmosphere around us beco e boys "After what I did?" Toirlfriend behindYou’re supposed to be my friend, my team mate And my brother You betrayed ht I betrayed you, and I’ht to sid, like he’s ready to fight

Tos is head in what I can only describe as sha of me And I can’t take that back But I aht at De and her body goes stiff The people around us go quiet, watching to see what he’s going to do

He lifts his hand as if to touch her face but drops it in defeat when she flinches Her eyes glaze over and her breathe falters The look on his face is filled with regret, and ood to you?" He asks softly The question surprises me and I almost feel sorry for him Almost

"Yes" Her voice cracks I can see this is difficult for her, she’s tre

"Do you love him?"

Demi looks over Tommy’s shoulder and her eyes connect with Brody’s "More than anything"

Tommy winces Demi steps out of my embrace and reaches up to cup Tommy’s cheek "I’m sorry I never meant to hurt you It just happened, and I was powerless to stop it He’s hs and his shoulders drop in surrender "I’m sorry I hurt you I have no excuse for what I did But it’s ive ive you" Tears spill onto her cheeks and she does what no one expected She hugs him He returns it and kisses her head I aive him after what he did

"Goodbye Deo and turns to disappear into the crowd His friends follow and when Brody pulls Demi into his chest, she cru away from someone who has been a pere on her part to recognize that Tos to He never was

"You ready to leave?" Grayson asks He smiles atbehind theh, "I think we’ve had enough fun and gaht"