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I don’t think it has ever truly been my scene either, but I’d do anything not to think too much.
“But it’s yours,” I say.
An understanding passes between us. Blake keeps drinking, and I want to leave a hundred times, but I stay for him.
He jerks his chin toward the empty bottle in my hand. “How does alcohol go with your racing program?”
“Talent.”
“You’re one cocky asshole.”
“Takes one to know one.”
When the party dies out, we walk side by side on the way back to the dorm.
“You’re cool,” I say.
“Kaden is not a bad guy either, if you get to know him.”
“What’s his and Abigail’s deal?”
“Dane, man, you have enough shit to deal with. Don’t go there.”
It sounds like advice a good friend would give you, but I’ve never been one to listen.
At his door, he slips inside, leaving it open. I am about to close it when Kaden intercepts him.
“Party pooper, not everyone has their shit together like you, Kaden.”
“Shut up. I don’t want to hear your drunk ass.”
“You should try it. Maybe you’ll forget about Celine for two seconds.”
Kaden pinches the bridge of his nose.
“I didn’t mean that,” Blake says, leaning against the wall, closing his eyes.
Kaden exhales deeply, noticing me. “Thank you for bringing him back,” he says.
I’m about to leave when Abigail walks inside.
She eyes Blake, then Kaden, and she freezes when she sees me.
“What happened?”
Kaden mumbles. “Blake got drunk.”
“Again?”
Worry laces her words, and she and Kaden have an entire conversation with their eyes. I’d rip apart that fucking perfect harmony they have going on with my bare teeth if I could.
“Celine won’t forgive you,” Blake says, getting on his feet but wobbling.
“Shut up already,” Abigail retorts.
“I wouldn’t,” Blake insists.
Kaden pushes him through a door. Blake lands on his bed and starts snoring right away.