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“That’s amazing,” she says.
“Yeah. It’s gonna be fun. We can hit the hot tub, the pool, or the beach.”
“Why do you want me to go?” she asks quickly.
“Why wouldn’t I want you to go?” Raven looks to be thinking about it, but she doesn’t say anything further. She just looks at me strangely.
“I want you there, Raven.”
“Okay.”
“Good. This is gonna be fun,” I tell her before shoving off the stool and heading across the room.
“What are you doin’ with her?” Drake asks when I walk up next to him.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, you’ve got a girlfriend,” he reminds me, telling me things I already know. I nod before pulling a cigarette out and lighting it.
“What’s your point?” He shakes his head, not saying anything. “Spit it out,” I growl at him.
“It’s not my business.”
“But you have somethin’ to say about it,” I snap at him.
“No, I don’t. It’s not my place, brother. Just wonderin’ what you’re doin’ with her.”
“As stupid as it sounds, I feel somethin’ for her,” I admit to him.
“And Cara?”
“I don’t know where I stand with her, Drake.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, I don’t know what I want with her. At one point, I wanted it all, but the longer I’m with her, the more I can see myself without her,” I confess to him. I don’t know what I feel for Cara, except that I don’t love her, no matter how long I’ve been with her.
“Then I think you have a choice to make.”
“You think I don’t know that?”
“What are you gonna do?” he asks.
“I don’t know. Cara is gonna take it hard,” I tell him.
“Are you sure that’s what you want? I heard Raven was thinkin’ of goin’ home.”
“She is?” I ask, looking up at him. I didn’t hear that she wanted to leave. It makes me want to show her every reason to stay and makes the beach house trip even more important to me.
“Yeah. That’s what I heard,” he tells me.
“Fuck, brother.”
“Yeah, fuck is right. You might wanna think about this shit with her, maybe take a step back,” he suggests. I shake my head. That’s not an option. I can’t back away from her now. I don’t want to.
“I’m so fucked,” I tell him. He chuckles and nods his head.
Chapter Four
