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"Yeah"

GRAHAM

Yesterday , I woke up in bed with Brooke Dressed and on top of the covers, but still Not exactly the sort of thing I’d want irlfriend to walk in on, no matter how innocuous it was

She hen I was starting to h) and her hand (onup at uess I was pretty wiped last night"

"Me, too It’s no proble with you"

What the hell could I say to that?

And then she shifted up and kissed my jaas fully awake by the second kiss, which landed just under my ear She made a disappointed noise when I sat up, while I scra up behinddown my arm, and I stood and spun around to face her

"Brooke, I hope falling asleep next to you didn’t give you the wrong ied between us You’re one of my oldest friends--but that’s e are Friends You understand that, right?"

She smiled with those shuttered eyes "Yes, I know, Graham And I’m fine with that"

I know Brooke has different relationship para to have to defer to s I do with friends "Uround and took reat you are, or that I don’t sometimes, you know, think about you in other ways…"

Shit "Brooke--"

"Hey, shh, I’er, see?" She dropped ood care of you, though, or she’ll have to answer to hthearted that I felt al I sensed under the words

"It would probably be better if you don’t stay here any this fall--"

She waved a hand "I’ my own place No worries"

"You are?"

"Yeah, I figured I was going to be here three or fourto New York, so I thought I’d sublet a place, see how I like it"

While I was trying to i in Manhattan instead of Hollywood, she tossed her eentle push "Now scoot I have to get packed and ready to go back to LA"

Eht after she hung up on ht, I don’t know her home number, and it’s unlisted I don’t have E her on Ellen or getting on a plane

I opted to do both

I’uy who ht five hours ago with no thought in mind but see Emma

I still don’t understand the whole photo-in-bed thing, and Brooke never answeredher about it If such a photo exists, Brooke must have taken it… and texted it to Reid? In what universe does thatEmma and Reid on Ellen suppliedWhen he took her hand and kissed it, I had to stand and pace the rooht as well co He then proceeded to take every bit of tabloid gossip ever written about them and weave it into one insane story, but the way he looked at her said more than his words

I knoants her still Why wouldn’t he? Even if I doubt his capacity to co, compassionate person she is He’s shallow and he has access to beautiful girls everywhere he goes, but it’s rare when one turns him down He may want her for no other reason than to clear up that misstep in his perfect record, and that rouses the protective, possessive thing in ht to the hotel I booked, since even gaining three hours between New York and California didn’t get h to casually stop by her house It’s alain Her phone is still off That, or she’s blockedat that, because her obstinacy is what kept her fro with Reid last fall

I hit Brooke’s speed-dial nu texts, maybe she’ll answer a call

"Graham! Hi, baby" Great She’s more than a little trashed