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n leave. Enough has happened for tonight. She heads back into the house and checks the room where the game was play

le and Brooke, both drunk. They're sitting at the kitchen island still havi

Brook

had enough alrea

ch her face. Stephanie swats her hand away. She looks at Cole a

ou," he t

replies with that same

ie face

o leave now but she doesn't want to leave Cole drunk and alone. Alb

e's best friend. She really doesn

minute," she says to the pa

't be with

don't b

't be with

se don't

reciting that in her h

a couch and guess who is sitting be

ven give th

ns but makes h

he gets to them because the mus

n on their faces before Poison Ivy lo

ages with her eyes s

ephanie replies in a perpetually

, Cole is drunk and I don't want t

Luke doesn't

Cole,

at he'll be back then he foll

sapprovingly when he sees Cole.

sted," Luk

" Cole

es for no re

ol at

eir hands and makes Br

home B," s

ggles in

th her right hand and begins to

," Luke

of the front door and

They reach where Brooke's car is parked and Stephanie che

You can't drive like this

iggles y

ooke into the passenger's sea

s the driver's seat. She then begins to drive them to her house

*

he holds her by the waist and leads her to the front door. She gets the keys from under one of the flower pots o

ter, Brooke is sprawled on one si

-shirt and a pair of sweatpants. She lies on the other

00

sm

stayed out that late. She switches o

appened tonight r

ll always remember that kiss but she guesses

layer af

ve had bet

n, it wa

hings remain the s

seen her before. They'd probably think

g through her mind u

*

g and Stephanie and Brooke ar

s flutter open. She looks around

nd immediatel

ands find her head. Stephanie wakes up beside her and s

Brooke gr

s off the bed. She walks into the bathroom after watching Brooke

the mirror. She lowers her gaze to her lips and

es toothpaste and begins to brush her teeth. After brushing, she cleans her face and han

om and finds Brooke

B

U

haircut," she tells Broo

y lifts her

't know. I guess I'm tir

ou want it to b

replies more as a que

old position. Stephanie rolls her eyes before he

front of Brooke with a glass

takes both from her hands,

l with water and gul

Stephanie handing the

ist or a salon later for y

t have to

, I have nothing to do

ank

is at the party, h

e she is, trying hard not to think abou

on her face, she stops smi

I imagin

n't," Steph

sits at the ed

had. That's all it was," she s

you didn't threaten me and make me go

as your best kiss so don't t

r since 9th grade so YES, it's

I spoke to him last ni

all

. "I'm not sure. I was drunk.

mm

? Or even asks you to be his girlfriend?

. That cannot happen. He's a

ge you know,"

him and besides, I DO NOT like h

? Let me fix something for breakfast," Stephanie say