You’re Mine by Penny Brooks

Chapter 48

Harper

“I think I’m going to be sick,” I say to Sadie the second she answers her phone.

“Why? What’s going on?”

I’m huddled on my bed, looking out my window to the backyard where the boys are all sitting around the table, smoking weed.

Everyone except for Easton.

After he told me to go back in my room, a few minutes later I heard his engine rev and I watched him drive away and he hasn’t returned. And now Blake is sitting next to Ryan, the seat Easton had been in.

But I’ve still been watching, waiting, hoping he comes back.

“Blake saw us,” I whisper, even though none of the boys can hear me.

“Saw who?”

“Me and Easton, kissing in the doorway of my bedroom.”

“Whoa.”

“And Easton and Blake got into it and Blake asked me who I liked kissing more.”

“What did you say?”

I run my hand over my forehead, my pick so obvious to both of us. “Nothing, Easton saved me before I had to answer. Sadie, this is a total nightmare.”

“No, a nightmare will be if Blake tells Ryan. Do you think he’s going to?”

The thought has been haunting me and I don’t know what to do about it. I definitely can’t go downstairs and ask Blake, that’ll just be weird. And I don’t want to ask my

brother to come upstairs so we can talk, that will be even weirder.

When Ryan hears I’ve made out with both of his best friends, he’s going to kill me.

“Oh God,” I groan, rocking over my bed. “I hope not.”

“What’s happening now? Where are the boys?” I fill her in on the logistics of everyone, and then she asks, “How long has Easton been gone?”

my phone to check the time. “About twenty minutes. Maybe a little

you get into Ryan’s car tomorrow morning for school, you

pounding so

can also hear the choice of words my brother is going to scream at me when the time finally comes. Blake or Easton-I don’t

right,” I tell her. “I’m going to call him right

back the second

“Okay,”

“Wait.”

there might be more. I hold my breath and say

“Who’s at your house?”

few minutes, I gently lift the curtain to take another peek outside. “Just

smiling. “Just checking, you know,

mental breakdown and my best friend is concerned there might be a girl here, vying for Ryan’s

even

I’m rolling my eyes.” I make sure my voice shows how annoyed I am. “I’ll call you in a

Contacts, holding the

surprised to see Miss Desperate is calling,” a girl says into the phone. “How many times a day do

I’ve called the right number. My

continues, “you’ll do anything

need to ask who

I know.

stomach has lowered as far

why are you answering

aches as every possibility begins to run through

was just at my

now, he’s

switch, he just keeps flipping

my heart breaks

moment. Or, should I say, I’ve tied him up. But his mouth is far

His . mouth?

that was between my

that made me

… he’s licking

am going

It’s the same sound I made when he was going down on me. “Easton, oh