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“What? I didn’t askyou, Holden.”
“I’d definitely go with that sweater,” Cassia states, drawing my sister’s attention back to her.
Sydney nods and heads back upstairs.
“How many options have there been?” I ask.
Cassia laughs. I want to bottle it up, how that genuine amusement sounds. Tuck it away like a secret only I know.
“A lot.”
I smile, then clear my throat. “Look, about Friday night…”
She straightens, all the amusement immediately falling off her face. “We’re good. We don’t need to talk about it.”
Jesus, this girl. Maybe this is karma for how I’ve handled hook-ups in the past. The difference is, I made it clear to those girls I wasn’t looking for anything serious. Cassia is far more complicated. “I know we don’tneedto talk about it. Iwantto talk about it.”
Sydney bounces back into the kitchen. She looks at Cassia, ignoring me as she pirouettes. “You sure this is what I should wear?”
Cassia nods. “Yeah. You look hot.”
The words are aimed at Sydney, but she looks at me as she says them. I quirk a brow at Cassia, trying to figure out whatthatmeans. If my sister wasn’t talking a million miles a minute, it would be a lot easier to figure out.
The microwave beeps. I pull out the steaming pasta and dig in, not even waiting for it to cool.
“What is all that”—I wave the fork at Sydney—“about?”
“Graham invited me to a party tonight.”
“On a Monday?”
Sydney glares. “It’s a study party.”
“What the hell is a study party?” I glance at Cassia. She shrugs.
“It’s just a casual thing,” Sydney tells me. “He invited me and I’m going.”
“Who?”
“Graham! Keep up, Holden.”
“Graham who?”
“He’s not on the basketball team, so you wouldn’t know him.”
I smirk at that. This is more snark than I’ve seen Sydney display…ever. She must really like this guy. “What is not-on-the-basketball-team Graham’s last name?”
“Warner.”
“Never heard of him.”
“Shocking,” Sydney drawls.
“So, you’re going to some random guy’s house?”
“You do it all the time, Holden.”
“Yeah…but it’s different.”
