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he city. It was less than twenty-four hours since the scene at Lily's pa

charades we were going to play f

was, I didn't want to do it. The image of Lily's

this after she proposed it. I recognise that

f, but here I was driving to her sister's

ntion of staying there long and stepped into the

v with a big bowl of cereal. Before he could get up to greet me, Angie

It was a school day which meant Heid

ing room smiling, her new braces on full disp

or how white my face tur

what I said!"

ays did, Lily's voice filled me with a mix of anticipation an

he living room, Ian strapped to her chest. She shot me

s Jace. My sister is more sensitive tha

as party driven, sex crazed deviant. I couldn't blame my friend for try

was not

asked, boredom leaking into

y bun, wavy bits framing her face. Her eyes were concealed with big dark shades but I co

d waited, breath held till she

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ng on my car w

ing to the guy who's dating them."

red in my chest as I plucked the shades from her eyes. "Hey!" She snapped and tried to grab it from me, but keeping

were anything to go by. Two, I was standing too goddamn close to her. Close enough to

hird realization, Lily

had said the l

iness, but the Clive was Taser's th

hadn't in

nt this to work, we need to make a

publ

at if you can't be ni

, which was why I was meeting her today. I handed her

I doubted neither of us knew how to be in love. Lily's opinions on that matter were void since she

all. Fake girlfriend. I reminded myself, eyes

And we're going to s

hungry."

her chest and stared out the glass. "You can use this opportunity to think about

ork. And for some reason, even though it would be easier to pull a l

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