“One punch, then it’s all rainbows and unicorns? You can’t just forgive him that easily.”
“Yes, I can.” Xavier shrugs. “Did you think I was going to kill my best friend for you?”
Offended, Brie lets out a bitter scoff and spins to leave.
“Oh, and Brie?” Xavier says when she opens the door.
She stops but doesn’t glance back at us.
“Next time you try to pit two best friends against each other, maybe make sure at least one of them cares about you.”
Ouch.
She leaves as soon as Xavier finishes speaking, slamming the door on her way out.
“I’m never drinking vodka spritz again.” Lacey stumbles inside the kitchen a split second later. We swivel just in time to see her wipe her mouth with the back of her hand. Is that where she was this whole time?
Puking?
“What the fuck? What did I miss?” She gawks at Finn’s bloody mouth. The boys feed her a bunch of lies, but I’m somewhere else.
Somewhere I hate.
A place I never want to visit again.
“If you really wanted her, you two would be official by now. That’s why you say you’re friends with benefits, isn’t it? Because you don’t want her to see someone else, but you also don’t want to be tied down. You look at her and you see a fucking cage.”
Brie’s words echo in my head as Finn wraps his arms around my waist from behind. And I never thought I’d say this in my life, but…
Brie’s right.