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Chapter 1

2009

Even from a block away, Andy Archer could make out the faint strains of "Hit Me Baby, One More Ti from the open door of the fraternity house

This was it

Twoto a real-life frat party, complete with a trendily ironic 90's theme She smoothed her dishwater-brown hair down over her red plastic juain" Britney, and her flip phone buzzed in her wristlet

She pulled the little cube froe from her roommate, Shay "Be there in ten Don't worry, I won't bother to look for you too hard"

Andy rolled her eyes at the five winky faces following thenone too ceremoniously She'd known it was a mistake to tell Shay about the invite

Or, rather, about who'd invited her

Andy's heart sped up again just thinking about it

She'd been sitting in the pub with her brother, Matt, chatting while they watched the Yankees clinch the playoffs

"I think the Philly's will take it this year," she'd said

A deep, dark voice beside her had rumbled, "We can only hope"

Then her heart thudded into her stoaze Of course, Matt stood and greeted his friend with all the fist burunts usually reserved for best friends and teammates, as if the world hadn't just tilted on its axis

And for Matt, it hadn't

After all, he wasn't the one who'd been desperately trying to seean was around He wasn't the one who had trouble reht of his friend’s six feet of rock hard muscle

Matt slid back into the booth and invited his friend to join them

"What brings you here this fine day? Avoiding another test?" Matt asked

Logan grinned back "Two birds, one stone I' a party Halloeekend, and it'd be nothing without our star pitcher"

"I'rabbed his beer, and sipped "But I have a date"