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“Grey!” Ace pounds on my door.

“What the fuck do you want?” I mutter from my desk where I’m studying.

He opens the door and says, “Get ready. We’re leaving soon.”

“What?” I scoff. “You said you weren’t fucking going.”

“I changed my mind. Get your shit together and study on the way. I’ll drive.”

“No.” Does he not remember what happened this morning when Matt came over? I stand from my desk, feeling heat travel to my fingertips.

“Get ready!” Ace snaps.

“Hey!” I shout as he storms down the hallway. “I’m not fucking going.”

Ace pauses at the kitchen and shakes his head. “Why the fuck not? Do you know who’s going to be at this party?”

“I fucking told you why. I don’t need the fucking drama with Matt.”

He lifts his arms up. “You’re worried about the fucking girl, Maddie? Dude, come on.”

“It’s her brother’s place. She probably wants nothing to do with me, so I’m not fucking going and stirring anything up. Count me out on this one. Call it… I’m putting the team first.”

“Fuck it. I’m leaving. You have the whole house to yourself.”

I nod and watch him walk out the door.

When I return to my desk, I can’t fucking study right now. I open up my phone and stare at Maddie’s name again. I don’t know what to text her, or if I even should.