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“Who?”
“Mike Thomas.”
“I knew that guy was fucking sketchy. I’m gonna—”
“Do nothing. I’m serious. The boys beat the hell out of him and you’re smart enough to know there’s nothing else that can be done.”
“Doesn’t mean I like it.”
“Yeah, he’s a bad guy. And I am pretty sure he’s done it before because he had a system. Two guys blocking the door. Miles had to go get help. If they’d been a minute later…” I trail off, tears rushing to my eyes again.
He pulls me in tightly again. “I’m so sorry you had to go through that.”
“I’m sorry I’m crying like a baby in your basement at my birthday party. I feel ridiculous.”
He pulls back and takes me in. Then he nods and stands up. “That’s okay. We are going to deal with this.”
“Weare?” I ask with a laugh, wiping my face.
“Yes. By doing three things.”
“What?”
“First,” he says, “I’m going to get you a drink. Orange soda and vodka, right?” he asks.
I nod as he walks over to the dry bar, grabs an orange soda out of the mini fridge, opens it, drinks some, then tops it off with some vodka. He strides over and hands it to me.
I take a gulp and it makes me feel the tiniest bit better.
“Next, I am going to be your date for prom.”
I raise my eyebrows at him. “Joel will—”
“I don’t give a shit. I’ll handle my brother. You deserve to have a date. And you know you can trust me. We’ll have an awesome time.”
I smile at him, because going to prom with him would actually be a fun time.
“You’d really go with me?”
“Is that a yes?”
“Yes, J. You can be my date for prom.”
“Perfect. Now for step number three. You need to feel comfortable in your body, you need to have some fun, and you need to make A jealous. So, if you’re up for it, I volunteer to, uh, take one for the team.”
I stare at him and the cheeky grin on his face and I can’t help it, a smirk crosses my lips. And then I laugh.Jesseisa great kisser.
“I think you wanna make out with me again,” I tease.
He chuckles. “That’s exactly it.”
“You’ll let me take the lead?”
He looks at me seriously.
“If all you want is someone fun to dance with, I’m here. I guess what I’m saying is, whatever you want, whatever helps you feel better and more comfortable, I’m here for. You deserve to have some fun. You decide what any of that is. And if it makes Aaron jealous, that’s an extra win.”
I look at him and inhale sharply.
