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Bishop groans, pulling his cock free. “Fuck,” he hisses. “Seeing my cum dripping from her ass has me ready to go again.”

“No,” Toby grunts, rolling us over until I’m on my back. “Let her sleep.”

“I wasn't being serious.” Bishop chuckles.

I’m not sure how long I've been asleep for, but I wake up again when I feel warm washcloths against my sore, used parts.

They both clean me up before crawling into bed with me.

“Thank you,” I whisper, cuddling into the both of them.

“It was our pleasure, really.” Bishop chuckles.

“No,” I say sleepy. “Not that.”

"Then what for?” Toby asks, his fingers playing with my hair.

“For choosing me as your family. For choosing each other. For choosing us,” I slur. “I love you.”

“Always,” Bishop murmurs.

“It’s us against the world,” Toby whispers.

I smile at that, because fuck was he ever right. Us against the world.

Chapter 20

Tobias

Bishop and Lilly are out on a date. So, instead of sitting in my dorm room like a loser waiting for them to come back, I chose to go home and hang out with the boys.

It’s been a busy weekend, and after partying hard last night in celebration of our win, a day to just sit around and play video games with Bennett and the twins has been nice.

I didn’t drink because I can’t with my meds, but between practice, the party, and the very eventful end of the night with Lilly, I’m fucking beat.

Life is good. For once, I can confidently say that. Therapy is going good. I like Gracie. She’s gotten me to open up more than I ever thought I would. She never makes me feel stupid when I’m being honest. She seems like she genuinely cares and wants to help.

I’m taking my meds even though the side effects sometimes give me rough days. But with the help of Lilly and Bishop, I push through.

It’s taken me a while, but the animosity towards Bishop regarding Lilly is no longer there. The two of them together doesn’t bother me anymore, there’s no jealousy or anger. Seeing both of my best friends happy and together is something I enjoy.

There’s always a little piece of me that fears I’m not good enough, that she’s going to leave me because of it.

But Gracie has been helping me through it, and anytime I get those thoughts, I call her up, and she talks me down. Part of me thinks I should go to Lilly with those feelings, but it’s not her job to constantly reassure me. I need to trust she loves me, wants me, and be okay with that.

It’s all a work in progress, and nothing will ever be perfect.

There are only two more things that need to be done for life to be how it needs to be: tell our parents and then the whole world.

Lilly might be fine with it, find it easy, eager to share. But me? It’s hard. So damn hard.

Gracie says it’s because I don’t want to disappoint my father. He trusted me to be there for Lilly, to protect her like a big brother should. And what did I do? Go and fall in love with her and do the exact thing I promised I’d never do. Hurt her.

Telling our parents isn’t the part that scares me the most, it’s telling the world.

Yes, I know Lilly doesn’t care what people think of her, of us, or how we choose to live our lives. But I know she’s not impenetrable. Words do hurt her.

I saw how Bella’s words affected her. It’s the angriest I’ve gotten in a while. Just because Bella is a woman, it didn’t stop me from getting in her face and letting her know just how uncalled for her words were. I told her that Lilly is my everything and just because she was jealous she didn’t have a chance with me, and never did, didn’t mean she had the right to take it out on her.

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