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“Nope.” Scarlett sticks a finger in each ear and starts to hum. “No details, seriously please do not share.” She fakes a shiver.

“Speak for yourself.” Vivian laughs. “My girl here is practically glowing, and I’m not getting any. So if you don’t want to hear about how Grayson is when the lights go out, then take a walk.”

“The lights were very much on.” I gain the attention of them both and realize I said those words out loud.

“Nice.” Vivian dances in her chair. “And,” she holds her hands out as if measuring something and Scarlett gags, swatting her hands away.

“Do not answer that question.” She points at me narrowing her eyes. “There are some things I should never ever know. That is one of those things. In fact anything involving his hands, mouth, or appendage I should be excluded from.”

“But what if I really really want to know every little detail about said appendage?” Vivian is taunting her on purpose I can tell by her smirk.

“Blah blah.” Scarlett rolls her eye at Viv. “But all jokes aside, I don’t know if I’ve ever seen Grayson smile so much.”

Our waitress interrupts our conversation and takes our orders.

My phone beeps in my purse and I dig it out of my bag to see a waiting message from Grayson.

It’s a picture. Of me!

“What are you looking at?” Vivian pulls my phone out of my hands and turns it so that she can see the screen. Her brows furrow, then my phone vibrates and her eyes widen.

“Awe, who knew Gray had such a sweet side.”

Quickly taking it back I look at the screen.

Grayson: Been looking at this picture all day. My angel.

“He doesn’t have a sweet side,” Scarlett interjects.

Grayson: Miss you!

“He does.” I look up over my phone to find them both watching me.

“No.” She shakes her head. “It’s you. He found his comfort.”

“What?”

“It’s just something Gray and I discussed once, and he never understood what I meant. But the moment he met you he confessed he felt it too.”

I stare at Scarlett, wanting to ask more but knowing that it’s something her and Gray share. So instead I take the little she’s already offered and accept that I’m not just another girl I’m more.

25

Grayson Hawk

I could hear the yelling before I even made it completely inside the building. Taking the stairs two at a time the closer I get to the top the louder the voices are.

Pausing outside of Skye’s door I can hear the two of them clear as day.

“I said no.”

“What’s the big deal?”

“He’s seventeen,” Skye yells back.

“And?” Tori is in full blown sassy mode.

“And you are fourteen.”

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