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I laughed, I couldn’t help it The shit that came out of her mouth was hilarious

“Are you guys still fighting?” Autu on my bed

“Can you not tell? Look at your brother, he looks like htmare”

Autuo to her house, tell her how sorry you are, and then remind her of why she loves you”

“You think it’s that simple?”

“Christian, love is easy It’s you who’sit hard”

“Bro, you just got schooled by an eleven-year-old”

“I’m almost twelve, Julian, if you haven’t noticed”

“Twelve” He sirl”

“Only three more years and I can have a boyfriend”

“Says who?” I countered, eyeing her

“Our parents”

“Over my dead body”

“Christian! I’m allowed to be in love too!”

“At fifteen, you’re not going to be in love, Autumn”

“Why not? You were”

I jerked back froht

For the rest of the day, I thought about Kinley until I suddenly found myself on her doorstep

Taking my little sister’s advice

—Kinley—

I opened the door “Christian,” I breathlessly stated, at a loss for words Instantly, I gazed into his blue-green eyes that always did things to me

My heart fluttered, reeted, “Hey, sweetness”

I hid back a s, “What are you doing here?” instead

He flinched fro to hide his emotions, unlike me Which had always been a consistent trait with Christian He never tried hiding fro me his true colors

I didn’t knohat to say We’d barely spoken since my birthday, and e did it was short and aard Neither one of us kne to proceed This was a first for both of us, and it was obvious with hoere acting with each other

I didn’t want to lose him, but I didn’t want to lose Jax either, and it was unfair he expected me to choose

I was allowed to have friends outside of hi to continue between us

“I can’t stop thinking about you,” he expressed out of nowhere, war my heart “I’m sorry about your birthday, Kinley That wasn’t supposed to happen”

“I know” I nodded, leaning against the doorfra with you Especially over Jax It’s so silly, Christian”

“The last thing I want is to talk about Jax right now”