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.

heart pounding in my throat, my

room, Josh was already there, standing frozen in the doorway, staring.

open. Holy shit. She was looking around,

should've felt lighter, but it didn't.

wrong.

where she was, and her hands twitched against the sheets like she wasn't in

by her side, calm as ever, acting like this was just part of the fucking process. But I could

voice soft and soothing.

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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

God, Jess..." Her mom choked out, taking

honey." Her dad's voice broke, and that was the first time I'd ever seen

to the gut. "Jess... baby, it's us," he said like was supposed to just know them. "It's Mom and Dad. You don't remember?"" But Jess didn't move. Her eyes were wide, filled with nothing but confusion and fear. She didn't fucking know them. How the fuck was this happening?

second. Her dad leaned in

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her voice sharp, panic thick in the air.

hard I thought it might break. Seeing her like this, seeing her terrified of the

biting into my palms, but

wanted to punch something, break something-anything to stop

calm, but more urgent this time. "Do you know

tears, and she shook her head, her lip trembling. That's when I fucking broke. That look-her looking at us like we were strangers, like she didn't even know her own name- was too much.