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Taking a deep breath, I grabbed some cookies and ed the letter I’d written her or me for thatneas dealing with But this tis lie She was important to Berk and I wanted to find out more about her,it too far for her

“Did you want to try one of my salted caramel cookies?” I held out the container in front of me and stood in front of her

“No” She didn’t look up froer over the colorful candy on her screen

“If you’re not a fan of those, I brought a few other kinds over”

Looking up like I’d just offered her a roach sandwich, she crossed her arms over her chest

“I don’t want any of your baking”

Being Brave Jules, I set down the container and sat on the coffee table across from her “You don’t seem to like me, and I’d like to find out what I did”

Her lips twisted and she continued to stare

“Did you read my note? I’d really like for us to be friends”

“Why?”

“Because I care about your brother and he cares about me too”

Alexis’s head snapped back like she hadn’t thought I’d call her out or hadn’t noticed the eye-daggers she’d been shooting my way since she’d slipped into the back of the car She stood up, appearing a lot taller than her five-one stature “I have all the friends I need And I don’t need another fake friend who only toleratesto bone Berk”

“I’m not I mean—” My cheeks heated and I’m sure my neck was a nice deep crimson

“That’s not why I’d like us to be friends”

“Really?” She tilted her head to the side “If Berk weren’t in the picture, you’d still want to be friends with me?”