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“You’re right.”
He brings a hand to his ear and leans in. “Can you say that again?”
“You’re an asshole.” I laugh as I swat his hand down. “But you are right. I know I’ve to give her the time she needs. It’s just so hard. After we woke up the last morning in the cabin, tangled in the sheets toge—”
“I don’t need all the dirty details, bro.”
I throw my hands up defensively. “Hey. For months we had to hear about your shit with Peyton. Don’t start.”
“Fine. Continue.”
“Ever since that morning, I knew I wanted to spend every day waking up with her in my arms.” I smile at the thought of it. “That makes me sound like a pathetic sap, doesn’t it?”
“You’ve always been a pathetic sap,” he scoffs. “But that’s what makes Avery so lucky. She’s going to realize she loves you too and will come around.”
The thing is… I’m almost positive she feels what I feel too.
Deep down I know she’s going to come around.
“We’re coming down to the final stretch, Peyton,” Emiline says with a mouthful of spaghetti.
Peyton and Emiline came over to the apartment for a spaghetti dinner and movie night. It’s a very much needed girls’ night after the week I had. I spent the entire week on edge and I’ve been looking forward to getting together with the girls to try and talk through some shit in my head.
“Em, if you talk with food in your mouth one more time, I’m going to lose it.”
“Relax, Ave,” Kali cuts in. “What the hell has got you on edge? Is Aunt Flo early this month?”
“For your information, yes,” I say very matter of factly.
Kali puts her hands around her mouth to form a megaphone. “Watch out, New York. Avery Woods is on her shit.”
“Get the hell out of here.” I swat at her hands near her mouth. “Anyway, Peyton… How’s the final stretch of wedding planning going?”
“It’s going,” she finally gets out from laughing so hard. “I honestly think we’re good to go—providing you all have your dresses.”
Emiline looks at me and over exaggerates chewing her spaghetti with her mouth closed before she swallows. “I got mine.”
“I got mine,” Kali says.
“Mine came in today.”
“Perfect.” Peyton claps her hands. “Then we’re all good to go.”
“I must say…” Kali starts “You letting us all pick our own style in the same colors was a queen move right there.”
“I agree. You know I went with the deep cut V-neck that shows the ladies.” Emiline shimmies in her seat. “Plus, it will piss my brothers off.”
“It’sreallygoing to piss them off,” Peyton adds.
“They need to realize I’ve grown up. I’m not their baby sister anymore. I’m twenty-two and just as freaky as them.”
“We know.”
“Your brothers are dirty, Em,” I add after Peyton.
She scoffs. “You seem to forget I’m always in the group chat when you start going on and on about all of the sex you have.”
“Don’t act like you’re not getting any from someone, Em.” She runs her hands through her hair and I see her cheeks heat up red at my statement. “You are, aren’t you?”
