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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sheepishly. "Morning," I squeaked, and my mother gave me a sweet

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

at me bit by bit. "Nope. All good." I

I skipped a few steps and smiled when I saw Luara and Sam in the car. It's been

wanted to blame our pact, but I knew that wasn't the real reason. "Hey girl," Sam chimed and looked at me in the rearview mirror, her eyes widening a

"Gee, thanks," I

linebacker has anything to do with that?" I

not in a good way," I confessed, and Laura

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seat to

that night, which I still needed to say thank you for because, well..." Laura's cheeks.

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, as if I was imagining there

and cute, and the quarterback, who is actually the better player,"

and ice, oil and water, or whatever else opposites do not attract. We pulled

on the wall, Tiffany draped over him in her cheerleading uniform, her hand flat on his chest. Luke had his hand on her thigh, fingers dipping beneath her skirt. He was smiling at her, and when she leaned in, he grabbed her mouth with his teeth before kissin "That asshole..." Sam mumbled, and I tried to keep my cool to the