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I glanced toward Callie one more time to see the corners of her lips turn up as she watched me before letting Parker drag us inside to get out of our gear.
15
Callie
“Where have you been all morning?” Colby asked, his mouth full of leftover pizza.
I walked further into the living room and collapsed onto the couch beside him. “Oh, just jumping out of planes.”
He snorted. “Good one.”
“I guess you're right. It was only one plane.”
He turned toward me, narrowing his eyes. “You're serious?”
I shrugged with a nonchalance I didn't feel.
In true annoying Colby fashion, he didn't press for details. He turned back toward the TV. “Kat was wondering why you weren't around to go to church this morning.” The hint of a smirk showed up on his face. He knew what he was doing to me.
“That's all I get?” I ask. “I fall 14,000 freaking feet and my brother wonders why I didn't go to church?”
His smirk was a full-blown grin now. “Church is important.”
I slugged him, causing him to drop his piece of pizza back onto the plate. “Dude, it was like being in church. I've never felt so close to anything, yet so far away from everything at the same time.”
“That…” He took a bite. “Makes zero sense.”
“You wouldn't understand unless you did it yourself.”
“Did what?” Aunt Kat asked from the doorway.
“Callie decided eighteen years was long enough to live,” Colby answered.
I knocked my shoulder into his. “Do you know you're more likely to die riding in a plane than jumping out of one?”
“You went skydiving?” Kat asked.
“Yeah.” I grinned.
“Would this have anything to do with why Jamie was gone when I woke up?” Colby asked.
“He's the only one I knew would do it with me.” That was only a half truth. I could have just gone with Parker. In reality, Jamie was the one who needed it as much as me.
“I'm glad there's someone around who's as crazy as you.” Kat smiled, but then I caught Colby's scowl and my smile faded. He'd always had a problem with me being around any of his friends. He seemed to think that was a recipe for them to fall madly in love with me - or for me to fall madly in love with them. Probably more of the latter because I didn't exactly have his friends hanging on my every word. I wasn't younger than him, five minutes older in fact, but he treated me as fragile.
Like I'd ever be into any of his friends.
Jamie came to mind, but no, I was just starting to not hate him. It couldn't be beyond that. Plus, he had a girlfriend. A perfect, beautiful, popular girlfriend.
“Oh, Kat, almost forgot to ask. How'd your date go this weekend?”
Her cheeks reddened.
“I so don't want to hear this.” Colby grimaced.
“Noah was… well, he was great.” She smiled. “We're going out again tomorrow.”
“On a Monday?” Colby scoffed.
