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I nodded "Yeah I did You were a big deal"

Then he chuckled as he hadof a deal"

"You were the rade" Still was

"Yeah" He quieted, gave me an aard look, and reached up to scratch the back of his head "Maybe No one could corade older"

"I know, but I knew that all the girls liked those two You included"

A rush of heat went totoo Then I adest crush on Jesse, all uys were close" He frowned "Didn’t he live with you guys at one point?"

I nodded "Yeah, frorade to the end of his junior year His mom died and he moved in His dad was always away"

"I re hi his head slightly He confessed, "Justin, me, and Troy rode our bikes past your house all the ti crushes on you Justin alanted to see if Angie was over at your place"

Warood kind; it’d been too long since I reht Those tere always fighting and picking on each other"

"Now look at theet hed "Probably" And then the rew tense, but the ends of his mouth dipped down He looked tired all the sudden and he let out a breath of air "Have you been okay, Alex? I know it ht not be my place, you know, since the last time we really talked I ripped into you, but I still care about you Are you okay?"

I held one dry and there were butterflies in my stomach I hadn’t felt like this since, well, since Jesse Then I gulped again My throat was so dry I needed sorabbed his cup from him and finished the rest of it Then I shoved it back into his hand He hadn’t moved

"Oookay"

I flushed "I was thirsty"