Letting My Brother's Best Friend Take My V-Card

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I stormed into the house to find Josh on his way out. His face mirrored shock for a split second, but it was so fast and then replaced by boredom.

"Where are you coming from?" he asked, scowling at me like I was the shunned family member who ruined the few days we had with our parents. But I couldn't help it; it all just came flooding out of me at once, and I was sorry for it.

"None of your business," I challenged him. "Just like you're not telling me where you're going in the middle of the night." I saw the defiance in his eyes, and I knew he wouldn't tell me, so I stalled past him, up the stairs, and dropped myself onto my bed face- first, wishing the bedding would just suffocate me because facing the world tomorrow seemed impossible.

Sleep didn't come until past 4, and when it did, my alarm blared so loudly it split straight through my mind. "Ugh," I groaned and flipped over. The night was hot and sweaty, and my air conditioner wasn't doing anything to help.

I dragged myself through a shower and lugged my heavy limbs. down the stairs to the kitchen, where my parents no doubt waited to scold me.

I peeked around the corner and saw my mother and father sipping coffee. My soul craved caffeine.

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walked in sheepishly. "Morning," I squeaked, and my

forgotten. My dad. got up and pulled me into a hug. Sorry, kiddo," he said. We shouldn't have just sprung that on you last night. I know we travel a lot." I nodded, swallowing hard to keep the tears away. "Anything else bothering you dear?" My mother asked, the motherly bond somewhere inside her probably

reason. They just stayed inside, locked down, eating away at me bit by bit. "Nope.

of the house before my mother prodded me any further. I skipped a few steps and smiled when I saw Luara and Sam in the

"Hey girl," Sam chimed and looked at me

back, rolling my eyes. "Gee, thanks," I groaned. I

that?" I slapped a palm over my face and dragged it

in a good way,"

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to look

you for because, well..." Laura's cheeks. flushed. "No! Shh. I don't want to hear anything else."

Yeah, we kind of hooked up that night, but we didn't cross the line," I folded my lips inwards, avoiding their heated stares for details that I wasn't willing to share. "Then suddenly, he dismissed me out of nowhere,

on Tom. Tom is sweet and caring and cute, and the quarterback, who is actually the better player," Sam

opposites do not attract. We pulled up to school, and as we drove past the fountain, my heart sank, and the

and when she leaned in, he grabbed her mouth with his teeth before kissin "That