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My head snaps up Gracie stands in the doorway to the kitchen I’ve forgotten all about her She’s wearing a pair of pajairl is hot but screams innocence Maybe that’s why Hawk is so twisted over her

“I need so from the store?”

Her eyes narrow as she takes in the mess on the kitchen table—four empty bottles of Snapple Apple Two more are shattered on the floor where I let them fall The first bottle of Grey Goose is on it’s side It was anyone’s guess where the top is I can’t remember where I put it It’s not like I needed it The second bottle of Grey Goose is also topless and just begging me to drink it

“You drank all of that by yourself?” I re on me once I’d been two Snapple Apples in when she made herself a sandwich We didn’t talk, at least I hadn’t

I shrug “Yeah”

“You aren’t driving” She steps forward, holding out her hand for the keys “You have to be drunk…” her eyes narrow “…even if you don’t act like it Give me your keys”

“Fuck that!” I turn and head for the door Ito listen to her

“Raven!” She rushes after me and catches my elbow before I have the door open “Don’t do this Look, if you need to go to the store I’ll drive you Please Please let me drive you, Raven”

The please does it No one ever says please No one ever cares enough to say please I blink back tears and hand over o,” I whisper

The clock onif the run had gone as planned

Ten minutes later Gracie pulls into the convenience store’s parking lot It’s not owned by anyone in the club, and I rarely shop here except for gas It’s one of those twenty-four hour places and part of a chain Gracie gives the guy behind the counter a nervous sht for the back coolers I need Snapple Apple That’s all I want…

They don’t even have Snapple!

None At All

I slah that if I hadn’t just sed a whole bottle of vodka it would have hurt like hell Instead I laugh then laughed at the sound of le Gracie touches my arm “Raven, are you okay? That looked like it hurt”

“I’ll let you know toht now”