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

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PART 2 - CHAPTER 139

LUKE

I hadn't slept in days. Every second Jess was in that hospital bed felt like a fucking eternity. My mind kept replaying every

some sick word, every look, every argument we'd had, like fucking loop I couldn't break out of.

We missed the game. Coaches were pissed, but Jocelyn managed to pull some strings for me, and it looked like his agent could do the same. I was surprised, to say the least, when I called Jocelyn; she was very... understanding and helpful. Frankly, I was shocked. Tomorrow, I had to fly out, or I'd be on the bench for the rest of the season. And even though I knew that every logical part of my brain screamed I had to go, I didn't want to leave. I would watch the world burn if it meant I could stay...

I

But after the incident with my father, I knew I was cut off financially, and I needed to make something of myself, for Jess... She deserved better, the fucking best.

The emergency surgery, the brain bleed, the doctors talking about taking her off sedation like that was some kind of miracle cure-it was all bullshit. She'd been out for over a week now, and still, nothing. No signs, no movement, no Jess. Hated every second of not knowing if she'd wake up or even be the same Jess when she did. Every minute that passed felt like another chunk of my chest being ripped out, and all I could do 22.03

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was sit there, pretending like I had any control over this shit.

I needed a shower, but I couldn't force myself to leave. What if she woke up when I wasn't there?

And then I heard it.

"She's waking up!" Jess's mom's voice pierced through the hall, and I shot up so fast the world spun around me. Everything blurred for a split second, but I didn't care.

my heart pounding in my throat, my

her room, Josh was already there,

shit. She was looking

felt lighter,

wrong.

were darting around like she didn't know where she was, and her

was by her side, calm as ever, acting like this was just part of the fucking process. But I could see it. Jess wasn't calm. -Jess was

and soothing. "You're in the

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parents. They were standing at the bedside, tears already streaming down her mom's face. Jess didn't even recognize them. Her own fucking parents and she looked at them like they were strangers. "Don't

my God, Jess..." Her mom choked out, taking a step

dad's voice broke, and that was the first time I'd ever

move. Her eyes were wide, filled with nothing but confusion and

enough air. Her eyes were darting between faces, the second. Her dad leaned in closer, growing more frantic by the second. Her dad leaned in closer, desperation written all over him. "Sweetheart,

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voice sharp, panic thick in the air. "I don't

seeing her terrified of the people she should

fists, nails biting into

to scream. I wanted to punch something, break something-anything to stop this. But I couldn't. I

the nurse said again, her voice still calm, but more urgent

look-her looking at us like we were strangers, like she didn't even know her own name- was too much. I felt my throat tighten, and for the first time in a long time, I didn't know if I could