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"Don't be rude, boy. Come on, Elena, I have something to show you," he says as she nods her head up and down in excitement. They walk off, but Elena still stares back at me until the crowd swallows her up.

"They suit each other. They are both bat-shit crazy," Luke says, and I laugh.

"Yeah, hopefully she starts stalking him instead," I say with a grimace.

"I'm off. I want to see Izzy. Do you want a lift?" Blake asks. I know Izzy is staying at our house with Maisy, so it makes sense. Blake is staying over, and Luke drove me up.

"Yeah, sounds good. Have fun with the blonde, bro," I say to Luke, whose attention is on another girl in the crowd. It’s not the blonde from earlier, but that doesn’t surprise me.

"He is worse than us before we found our girls," Blake says when we are walking to the car.

"That's true. Some girl will knock him off his feet. I'm looking forward to that day," I say with a grin.

"Me, too. I'm thinking of asking Izzy to move in with me; she stays over nearly every night now," he says, and it seems like he is asking me for permission. I know he and my sister are perfect for each other.

"You should be asking Harley, but I think it's cool. She is crazy about you, so she will say yes," I say,patting his back.

"I hope so, I know it's soon, but I can't imagine my life without her," he says, unlocking the car. I get into the car before I reply.

"I understand that feeling, but less of the girly talk," I say with a smile, thinking of my beautiful girlfriend at home, who will hopefully be my wife soon. I know I'm only eighteen, but I refuse to live without her any longer.

"How are you feeling about the baby coming? It must be fucking scary. Yes, I know it’s a girly question," Blake says with a slight shiver as he drives us home.

"I'm excited. I've always wanted children. Maybe not so young, but I wouldn’t change a thing,"I tell him.

"I’m happy Maisy is back. Fuck, I almost lost my best friend back there. She makes you happy, and that's good," he says.

"Thanks for sticking by me. I was off the rails, I know that,"I say with a slight grimace.

"I would be the same without Izzy. Plus, you were my brother before I met Izzy," he tells me, and I laugh.

"Man, that is true." I smirk, remembering how Blake grew up with us too.

"Remember when we were eleven and we swore we wouldn't get girlfriends because we didn't like girls?" Blake laughs.

"I remember we were idiots." I laugh with him. My phone buzzes, and I see it’s from Elliot.

Elliot: come back to the cage, Luke needs us.

Me: on my way with Blake.

"We need to head back, Luke’s in trouble," I say, and Blake does a turn in the road. We have only been driving for half an hour, how much shit could he have gotten into?

I text Maisy.

Me: had to go back, won't be late, don't worry. Luke needs my help x

Maisy: Ok. Izzy and I are going to bed. See you soon, love you x

I smile, but I'm still worried about what my little brother has gotten himself into.

Chapter 15

Maisy

Ihear a bang as the front door opens, and I sit up on the sofa. I was watching some TV after Izzy went to bed, and I must have fallen asleep. I get up and the door opens. The first thing I see is Elliot carrying Seb over his shoulder. I gasp and move out of the way as Elliot places Seb on the sofa, his face is covered in bruises and cuts.

"What the hell happened?" I demand, Elliot collapses onto the other sofa. He has a black eye and his clothes are ripped like Seb’s. I want to help him, but I rush over to Seb first, looking him over. He looks worse: one eye is nearly shut, and the rest of his face is black and blue. I lift his shirt to see he has bruises on his stomach, but nothing looks too bad.

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