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I stare at him, baffled, vaguely aware of Abigail tugging Nick and Declan to the dance floor. I’ve
never seen her dance…it’s incredibly entertaining, but right now, my focus is on Jonas. He picks up
on my confusion and explains.
“Zach said that I can not interfere, but I can watch and wait for my moment. Now is my moment.”
“I see.” I shoot a look at Zach, registering how tightly he’s holding his body. “I think you’re right
and wrong. She’s broken up, but she’s also heartbroken. Being her friend is the best thing you can do
right now.”
“I do not want to be friend-zoned.” My mouth drops open, and Zach winces.
“Brother, where’d you pick that up?”
“I saw it in a movie. It’s a bad thing.”
“I don’t think it is,” I say firmly. “I think that if a woman puts you in the friend zone, it means she
trusts you. That’s a good thing. A really good thing.”
He studies me, frowning. Then nods with finality. “Ok. I will work to get in Janey’s friend zone.”
He stands, “It’s too loud here. I want to go.” Then he turns and moves easily through the crowd, his
arms held away from his body, creating a little bubble for himself as he moves through the mass of
bodies.
“Talking to your brother is refreshing.”
Zach snorts. “That’s one way of putting it. Also maddening. And frustrating. And hilarious.”
“He has no filter,” I murmur.
“No, no filter. Which honestly, I love about him. But brutal honesty can be hard to handle
sometimes.”
I sigh and lean into him. “Any kind of honesty is hard, I suppose.”
Zach’s body tenses behind me, but I don’t look back. I can’t. I want to imagine that everything is
going to be okay for a while longer. So I do the only logical thing. I take his hand and pull it around
my waist and lean in to whisper-yell to him.
“Did I tell you I have a list of things I want to do? It’s not really a bucket list. It’s more a list of
regular things I haven’t done.”
Interest sparks in his eyes. “Do you want me to guess what’s on it?”
“No,” I say with a laugh, reading the dirty thoughts all over his face. “Some of the things you’re
thinking about are on there, but I’m realizing that I missed adding a lot of things. There are so many
