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I froze. She didn’t know what? How I felt about her?

Fuck. I needed to fix that.

Audrey’s twin rubbed her back. “I told you everything would work out.”

Instead of saying hi, I headed back to the lacrosse house, knowing I needed to show her exactly what she meant to me. How much I wanted this—for the long haul.

Fuck this. If Audrey didn’t think I was serious about her, didn’t see that I was in this, that was my fault. And I had to show her she was wrong. We were good together. There was no one else I wanted by my side. In my bed.

In my heart.

Because I loved her. Loved her more than I’d ever loved anyone. Before Audrey, I hadn’t really understood what it meant, but I did now.

Love was too small of a word for what she meant to me.

CHAPTER 33

Audrey

Twisting a strand of hair around my finger, I watched students hustling by on the sidewalk outside. It was the end of dead week, so even though we had classes, I’d already turned in or finished all of my projects and papers for this semester. Finals started on Monday, and I couldn’twaitfor summer.

Except for the small, somewhat pesky problem that I had no idea what I wasdoingfor the summer. And to make things worse, Parker and I had been dancing around the subject. I was dying to know what he wanted to do, but for some reason, I couldn’t come right out and ask.

We were together, spending as much time with each other as we could, but was he ready for more? I knew I was.

“So, what’s going on between you?” My twin asked, popping a piece of blue raspberry candy in her mouth. It was her guilty pleasure, even if it turned her tongue blue.

“I don’t know, Ells,” I sighed, running my finger over the rim of my cup.

“But you said it was all fake, right?” My sister furrowed her brow.

“Itwas,”I murmured, taking a sip of my iced coffee. “But I don’t know…” It wasn’t anymore. And if the note he’d left me was any indication, it had never been fake to begin with.

My eyes connected with hers, and she gave me a look of understanding.

Ella rubbed her back. “I told you everything would work out.”

“I love him,” I said, biting my lip. “I probably have for a long time. And even though I’m pretty sure he feels the same way, neither one of us has said anything. And we—” I blushed.

She gave me a devious smile. “Had sex?”

I nodded. “And it’ssogood. Like, mind-blowing orgasmsgood.”

“So, what’s the problem?” She always knew me so well.

I frowned. Whatwasthe problem? A laugh burst out of me. The problem was I was over-thinking this. I was thinking like the Audrey I’d been months ago, before Parker had come back into my life. Before he’d shown me how good it could be together.

Maybe you don’t realize how crazy I am about you, but it’s true. It was never fake to me. All this time, I was just waiting for you.

“Oh, god. I’m being that insecure girl, aren’t I?”

“Tell him,” she insisted. It wasn’t the first time she’d said that, and I knew she was right. “I’d suggest sooner rather than later, but that doesn’t seem to be your style, does it?”

Rolling my eyes, I looked down at my cup again. “What would you think if I didn’t spend summer at home this year?”

When I met her blue eyes, they were understanding. Sure, we were identical twins, and we did everything together, but this was different. “Cam and I have already talked about what our summers will look like. I have my internship and so does he. But we’re going to make it work, doing long distance till we can move in with each other next semester. So if you want to spend it here or with him, I wouldn’t blame you, Ro.”

I wrapped my arms around her. “I love you. You’re the best twin ever, you know that?”

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