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“Don’t overthink it,” he said again, then turned and hurried away before I could say no

I dropped my arms by my side, then turned back to my locker and screaed, Ethan leaned against the locker next to mine, brow raised “What was that?”

“Huh? Nothing Just your brother” And an epic freak-out on my part Carry on

“Yep, I got that part It was definitely Carson, but it also looked like you and Carson flirting”

I rolled ”

“Well, I don’t knohat you were doing, exactly You looked hts, but that was definitely Carson flirting”

“It was not,” I said, but ? Now that I thought about it, his behavior was a little suspect And why did that give me butterflies?

Ethan’s s my hair from my face and said in a breathy whisper, “Don’t overthink it, Mia” Then he stepped back and guffawed “You should’ve seen your face!” He pointed, laughing harder

I s, I asked, “Are you ready to go or what?”

“Yeah,” he said through the tears foro”

Once ere in my car, headed away from the school and toward the coast, Ethan turned to o?”

I glanced over at him warily Ethan and I had never attended one of Carson’s parties, which ht sound weird, but when you factored in how Carson and I couldn’t stand each other, it made perfect sense

But soo Not for Carson, of course Call it curiosity Boredoed “I don’t knoouldn’twhat all the hype is about”

Ethan grunted in response, and I realized he was going to make ht before I did His silence told o Will you please, please go with me?”

“Are you sure Carson wants his little brother hanging around? It s”