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“Jesus,” Ca my eyes

“So, no one then,” I said unco about my baby brother and his conquests

It was tiirls, or getting drunk, ordecisions about the club, that I wished h I’d survived with no probleh I didn’t reot this weird ache in ht that was probably the universe’s way of re me that at one point, I’d been half of a whole And the other half? Well, he’d protected nificantly larger than he was

Draco would kno to talk to Leo He’d know the right things to say and Leo would listen to him, because Draco was a brother and I was a sister and those two roles were very different

“Bea?” Ca my attention “You okay?”

I plastered a s to put the disc into my Xbox As soon as it was all set up, I stepped over the two little giggling girls and swept my hand down the back of Cecilia’s head as I passed her before co to an abrupt stop

There wasn’t anywhere for me to sit The little assholes had taken up every available seat and every inch of the floor inroom

Caruntled expression “Come here, Bea”

He pulled me into his lap sideways and reached out to shove at To in Leo’s lap

“Hey!” Torunted

“Scoot over or sit on the floor,” Ca him up

“Be nice,” I whispered, leaning into Cam as the movie previews lit up my TV

“That was nice If I wasn’t bein’ nice, I woulda kicked ’e ood with them”

“They’re easy Give the boys soda and the girls nail polish Boom Everybody’s happy”

“More than that, Sweetbea,” he argued dropping his arm from the back of the couch to rest his hand on ood mom”

My heart thudded in my chest

“Why do you callthe subject

“What? Sweetbea?”

“Yeah, or Bea”