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My mouth dropped Seriously? “How so?”
“Because I like her You’ve always hated Carson and now all of a sudden you guys are best buds?”
Best buds? My thoughts drifted to our kiss, and I averted aze, unsure of how to respond because the way I felt about Carson had grown It was big, beyond friendship, beyond anything I had ever felt before My heart didn’t race when I saw Ethan like it did around Carson A flock of butterflies didn’t threaten to riot when Ethan looked into le when he touched me Not like it did with his brother
“We’re working on the Angel Program,” I said in a feeble voice It was a crap excuse, and I knew it Luigi’s, his anized the supplies, both ignoring the fact that we had been dragging it out for days, were far beyond the scope of the Angel Program
“Okay” Ethan scoffed, his tone bitter “The least you could do is be straight with me”
Frustrated, I curled my nails into my palms “Why does it matter, anyway? We’ve always had other friends We’ve dated, too Why doestime with someone else matter now?”
“Because, Mia, isn’t it obvious? He’s uys always hated each other And you were always the one thing he wanted that was mine”
I flinched, and my stomach crumpled in on itself “So you’ve been friends with me this whole ti he couldn’t have?” I shook ?”
“No, course not” Ethan stood and started to pace, kicking a dirty pair off gym shorts on his bedroom floor before he turned toward ain, staring into my eyes “It’s just I always liked that it was you and me, ya know? I mean, sure, we have other friends We’ve dated, butI don’t know Everything feels like it’s changing now”
“It is We’re older I’ll be going to school soon But just because I realize Carson is different than I thought, that ht he was, doesn’t e Aren’t you the one all these years that’s been telling ive him a chance?”
“Yeah, but I never thought you’d actually listen,” hehis hands behind his neck “But now”
“What?”
“You like hiht? Like, really like hiaze earnest
A part of me was afraid of what he’d see “II don’t know,” I stammered
But I did know I absolutely kneas just afraid to ad Ethan the truth felt like a betrayal