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"No, Sasha I need to take care of Alexa first You don’t even need to do anything with your stuff anyway The driver will leave them on the steps so they’ll be ready to load into yourhere for the weekend It doesn’t look like my mom is here yet Let me text her toineven more time in Sasha’s co to walk away I couldn’t deal with her antics right now I needed to take so else could wait until I felt better

As I climbed the steps of the main house, the front door opened and Drea bounced out"Alexa!" she screeched "Yay! You guys finallyforever"

I sreeted Drake’s sister

Drea’s smile fell from her face "Oh, no You’re sick Here, come sit down"

She helped me over to the chairs and fluffed a cushion behindwell We would have been disappointed, but ould have understood"

I closed my eyes and leaned my head back "I’ll be fine, Drea The headache just started It hasn’t had a chance to get really bad"

She looked down to the drivehere Drake was rifling throughSasha stood there, tapping away on her phone, presuot to crash our weekend plans also "Aha! I get it Your headache is of the blonde variety She really can be the biggest pain in the ass And she’s had a crush on Drake ever since ere little I swear she was about to pee herself when she found out that he was transferring to Blythe"

Even through the pain, I laughed at Drea’s comments "I’m sure she did She’shionna happen If Drake was the least bit interested in her, it already would have Besides, I think she’s hterelse"

"And does yourdisheartened by the idea of a pair ofht girl to marry Doesn’t matter to Mom where he finds her, just that she o detach the leech from Drake so he can take care of you Let ood on her word and kept Sasha busy so Drake could focus onwith a tall glass of cold water He bundled me over to the pool house so I could lie down and take a nap Before I knew it, I’d slept half the day away and awoke feeling a little better I tilted my head from side to side to make sure there wasn’t toothat I’d caught the headache early enough to stop it before it exploded into a full-fledged h that I’d be back to nors were at the top of the stairs, and he had leftin the upstairs bathroo a bit gross after traveling and sleeping I was still groggy and pale, so I splashed some cold water on my face As I dried off with a fluffy white towel, I heard the door close downstairs

"Drake?" I called

I heard footsteps on the stairs before he appeared in the bathroo any better?"

"I am, thanks Sorry I conked out like that"

"No problery?" he asked

"Yeah, I could eat Did I ood My mom invited Sasha and herto eat here since you weren’t feeling well"

"Was she okay with that? We caether in the pool house"

He crossed his ar uncomfortable "She wasn’t happy, but she waselse She’ll probably stop by to bring over some dinner and check on you soon"

"Look, why don’t you just eat dinner with everyone and then bring me back some food later?"

He shook his head in response "No way, baby You’re ood, and you need et over it And hopefully she’ll take the hint so that Sasha and herthe whole weekend"