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Shock hits me Luke never talks about his past He had a horrible horade school and ht They tried several tied They coh school, his grades were low and he was fighting It was then my parents moved him into our house and threatened to turn his mom and dad into child services They filled out the appropriate paperwork to becouardians This was a wake-up call to Luke’s mom, who entered rehab the next week His dad bailed He sent divorce papers a year later We thought this would send his mother back to the bottom of a bottle, but she surprised us

Luke moved back home, but always had a room at my house Whenfor me We knew I had to move into Katy’s house, so Luke asked if he could coladly opened her ho with his mom and us We met Sophie our freshman year and our trio was inseparable; it wasn’t even a question that ould all go to college together

No one has ever understood the bond Luke and I share But he really is like a brother to ht path and not throay his life He also believes it is their interference that helped his et sober They never fully rebuilt a relationship, but he is thankful she didn’t drink herself to death

“Enough of all this heavy shit It’s been far too long since all of us had a Saturday night together Let’s see if Katy atch Davis for a while and go out” Sophie breaks in

“She’s out with friends”

“How in the world did your grand than ours?”

I grin and shrug

“How about I proht and watch a chick flick?”

Sophie and I look at Luke like he’s lost hishim to let us pick out the movie

“What? It’s been a while since I spent the night with two of irls?”

“I knohat you’re doing Luke and you don’t need to feel guilty I’m sure Sarah would be more fun than us”

“Nah, I’ot canceled so the least I can do is suffer through” He winks at ets up

Grabbing our wine, Sophie and I follow hi to make him suffer too badly

“Shhh, baby, be quiet We don’t want to wake anyone up” I give Davis his cereal and juice and pour s on the counter and I lunge for it Who is calling this early?

“Hello?” I whisper

“Ari?”

“Reed? Is everything okay?”

“I can hardly hear you”