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“Oh, well…” She stood, tugged her plaid skirt down to a normal length, and cleared her throat. “If you, uh, change your mind…” She waved her hand, face flushing.
“Alex!”
They both looked up as a girl with jet black hair in a high ponytail called out.
Alexandra. He remembered now.
“Yeah, I gotta go.”
He watched her turn and approach her friend, disappearing out of the classroom. He hoped he hadn’t upset her, but he couldn’t give her what she wanted.
His phone buzzed, and he pulled it from the pocket of his slacks.
Riley:
Mama wants us to come over for dinner.
He hadn’t been to see his mother since she gave him hell after he got back from Europe in April. When she heard everything that happened to him during the battle in the ballroom when rogues attacked the Blackthorn Clan, she was a hysterical mess. If the others hadn’t been there, he wouldn’t have put it past her to lock him in his childhood bedroom and never let him leave.
She was probably worried sick. He didn’t go over a few weeks without seeing her, and here it was June.
Aiden:
She want us to bring anything?
Riley:
Just the others.
Aiden:
Others?
Riley:
Seth, Blaire, and Lukas. Duh.
He almost asked about the others, but he realized their mother didn’t know Dominic well, and unless Riley had introduced her, he didn’t think she knew Layla at all.
Aiden:
Gotcha. You tell them?
Riley:
Yep. We’re gonna head over now so we can swim a while before dinner. You wanna come?
He wasn’t doing anything sitting around. At least a swim with his friends in his parents’ pool would take his mind off his disturbed sleep.
Aiden:
Gotta stop and grab my trunks and change out of my uniform, but I’ll meet you at the gate in 15.
Riley:
Hurry up.
He refrained from texting back. If he said anything, his little sister would spam him with messages, and he would never get anything done.
