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“Is that what you used to do when you spent the night at Serena’s?” East’s lip curled. He was really on a roll tonight. “Or did you sneak into Daddy’s bed even back then?”
“Why are you suddenly so interested in other people’s relationships?” Serena fired back. “Feeling a littlehardup over there?”
“Oooh.” I grinned, proud of the way she could always hand East his ass when he needed it. “I love when you get feisty.”
She winked at me like a co-conspirator, and it felt good to have my best friend back by my side. I’d given her some space like she asked, but when she texted wanting to hang out, I’d felt a sense of relief that we could be back on familiar terms. And there was nothing like giving East a good slap-down to get life back to normal.
Serena glanced at Gavin. “Do you have a set of sheets somewhere handy?”
“Sure, let me pull them out of my pocket.”
“Hey, don’t talk to her like that,” I snapped. “She’s trying to help you.”
Gavin said nothing, just rolled his eyes and turned on his heel to head back into the room that would soon be his. Jesus, maybe him and Daire would get along better than we thought. In the last couple of weeks, it felt as though Gavin had undergone a lobotomy. He was rude, surly, and short-tempered, nothing like the easygoing kid we were all used to.
“Ignore him, Serena.” Donovan let out a sigh and looked down the hall after his brother. “That’s how I’m dealing with him right now.”
“Not sure that’s working,” West said in all his wisdom.
“Yeah, well, every time I ask him what’s wrong, he says nothing and storms off.”
“Maybe ’cause it’s none of your fuckin’ business,” Daire said, popping the top off a bottle of beer.
“He’s my brother,” Donovan pointed out. “I’m just trying to help. But I guess he’ll talk when he’s ready.”
“Well, until then…” I looked at the both of them. “Tell him the next time he talks to Serena that way I’m going to do more than tell him to be quiet.”
“Reaaally?” Travis looked me up and down. “But aren’t you afraid that might snag your cardigan? Wait…whereisyour cardigan? Did you leave it at Filth’s house?”
Serena wrinkled her nose. “Filth? Do I even want to know?”
I started to shake my head, but Travis opened his big mouth.
“It stands for Father I’d Like to?—”
I slapped a hand over his mouth, but not quick enough, because Serena groaned and said, “Yep, got it. Thanks so much for that.”
“You’re such a shit,” I said to Travis, giving him a shove.
“I’mthe shit? Serena, how are you feeling about Preston these days?”
East chose that moment to insert himself back in the conversation, hopping up on the counter and fixing his gaze on her. “Yes, this is quite the incestuous little situation we have going on here. I’dloveto get your take on it.”
“My take on it is: what they do in their private life should stay exactly that, private, as in I don’t want to know anything at all—ever—about it. So keep your horny, gossipy questions for when I’m not around.”
“Hold on.” West frowned. “So you’re still going to be around.”
“West. Shut it. They’re still friends, Jesus,” JT said.
“Yeah, but they’re notfuckfriends.”
JT rolled his eyes. “They were never—” He cut himself off and gestured with his hand, too polite to say what his loudmouth boyfriend had.
“Nothing has changed here, guys,” Serena said, and Travis scoffed.
“I mean, something pretty big has changed.”
“Imeanfor appearances’ sake. We talked about it and decided that we’d still be here for each other for however long either of us wants or needs to be.”
