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“They obviously thought you were ready They selected you froood enough, but you let your fear get in the way That’s why you’re working as an art instructor instead of pursuing your dream”
“Hey, I love teaching”
“Of course you do, because it’s safe Always taking the path of least resistance”
“I’ I stepped out of my coe between them
“Only because you had no other choice You were up against a wall and have no savings and that’s why you did it, isn’t it?” Keira glanced off to the side taking another sip of her wine “Exactly Stop being so damn afraid all the time, Keira” Izzy reached across the table and covered her hand, squeezing it She glanced up and held her sister’s gaze
“You’re an as that other people can’t see You capture things with your lens and with your sketch pad that other people can’t You can’t be afraid to put yourself out there If you are, then no one gets to enjoy the things you create” Keira nodded, her throat tight She clenched her hands under the table, tears filling her eyes
“Okay, enough with this sappy stuff Let’s break out the real stuff” Izzy hopped up frorabbed a couple of shot glasses and a bottle of tequila, shaking it at her “Let’s do this!”
The rest of the night kicked up a notch once they hit a half-finished bottle of tequila Shots with lia through her backyard and a few catcalls across the fence to the giant next door Izzy tackled Keira to the ground as she called out to get his attention A light flicked on as Keira glanced up frorass She tried to push Izzy off, but her sister had her pinned down
“Get off oing to kill me!”
“I can’t believe you did that,” she whispered Aslid open and Evan stuck his gorgeous head out
“You’re the one that said I needed to be braver I’rass out of her teeth
“Izzy?” he called out, sleepily Izzy popped up, leaving her sister down in the grass She leaned against the fence, trying to look casual
“Hey, Evan I’ht in,” she said, pulling Keira up frorass She waved at Evan and he waved back
“Hey, Evan, my sister thinks you’re really hot,” Keira blurted before her sister could react Izzy’s eyes got as wide as saucers “And—” Izzy slapped a hand over her ed her toward the back door
“Is that so?” Evan called from his win