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And it really is.

Chapter Eighteen

Allie

I amneverdrinking again.

I say this every time, but this time? I mean it.

Of course, all it took was making a complete and utter fool of myself.

Kissing Jax?What the hell was I thinking?

Theoneguy who’s shown me nothing but kindness and patience, and I had to go and mess up the entire thing. Now everything is going to be an awkward mess. It’s not like I can just avoid him. Not with Gareth and Nora basically screwing like bunnies now, and James and Ana becoming instant best friends.

So now, every time I see him, I’ll have to carry a brown paper bag to hide my face.

Or a dunce cap for that matter.

My bedroom door suddenly flies open, startling me so badly that I jolt upright in bed.

“Hey, are you ready?” Nora asks, waltzing right in.

My eyebrows pull together as I stare at her, trying to remember what today is supposed to be.

“Ready for what?”

“The zoo?” Ana chimes in, crossing the room before plopping onto my bed. “God, I’m still mad you got this room. This bed is freakin’huge.”

I flop back onto my pillow, dragging the comforter up to my chin. “I don’t really feel like going. You guys can go though,” I mumble, hoping they’ll just leave it alone and get out of here.

But knowing them…

“Nope. Not happening.”

There it is.

Ana looks around the bed, patting the comforter all over the place.

“Ah, shit. I forgot my phone downstairs. Nora, would you mind grabbing it for me?”

She says it so sweetly that I have to pull the comforter down just to check if she’s okay.

Maybe she’s still drunk…

“Oh!” Nora exclaims, already halfway to the door. “Just don’t leave without me!” she calls out as she heads down the stairs.

Ana laughs, shaking her head. Then she turns to mewith her phone in her hand.

“But you just asked her to grab—”

“I know, I know. I just needed to talk to you without Loudmouth for a second,” Ana interrupts, waving off my confusion.

My mouth falls open. “Ana, yo—”

“Listen,” she says, her tone shifting, cutting me off. “I know Jax is the one who brought you home last night. I saw him sneaking out this morning.”

Of course she did. Back to my turtle shell I go. I pull the blanket up over my face to hide my growing humiliation, but she yanks it right back down.