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."That's because you're related to Satan," Gabby fired back."No offense, but I can't stand your sister.""Not too many people can." I loved my sister, but Gabby was right; she had a long list of people who disliked her.She was vindictive, manipulative and spoiled.What people didn't understand, though, was that Piper acted out because she wanted to get attention from our parents."How about we order a pizza and begin our little marathon?" I asked, turning on the TV.She shook her head, moving a strand of hair behind her ear."Nu uh, I said one hour."The menu screen popped up, and I hit the play button."The first episode is an hour long," I said, watching the show start."We'll watch that one and then pick up episode two next time you come over."Her attention went from the TV screen and back to me."There will be no next time, buddy." I knew why she was fighting me, but I also knew she was fighting herself in the process.She wanted to hang out with me just as much as I wanted to be around her, she was just too terrified to show it."We'll see," I sighed under my breath and moved in closer to her body.Six hours, six episodes and one large pizza later, I was still up watching the vampire porn while Gabby snored lightly in front of me, her back to my chest and my arm draped around her waist.Her head rested on a pillow that was positioned on top of my other arm.When we’d finished our pizza, she’d yawned and snuggled closer into me, which I had no problem with.I carefully bent forward to turn down the volume on the TV and glanced down at her sleeping body.She looked so peaceful just lying there.Her mouth was opened slightly, and her hair was sprawled out across the pillow and away from her face.Her eyelashes fluttered as her breathing settled.I knew I should've woken her up but I didn't want to.If I woke her up, she’d want to go home, and I didn’t want that to happen.Instead, I clicked the power button to the TV, delicately wrapped her into my arms and carried her over to my bedroom.It was Friday night, so neither one of us had to work in the morning.I gently laid her down on the bed, pulling down the blankets before scooting her over and tucking her in.Her mouth released a light whimper, and my body tensed up, scared I'd waken her, but she didn't stir.Walking back into the living room, I flipped off all the lights and grabbed our trash when her phone began to ring on the table.I picked it up and saw Asher's name lighting across the screen above a picture of the two of them smiling together.I clicked the accept button and brought the phone to my ear."What's up, dude? She's sleeping."If there was ever a time when Asher wanted to beat my ass that was it."What the fuck.I told you not to fuck with her, and you pull this shit," he seethed."Chill out," I said, dumping our dirty dishes into the dishwasher and holding the phone up with my shoulder."We were watching TV, and she fell asleep.I didn't want to wake her up; we've all had a long week.""I'm sure you didn't want to wake her," he huffed."I'm on my way to get her.”I kicked the dishwasher shut with my foot."She's sleeping in my guest bed," I lied."I'll have her call you in the morning when she wakes up.""Fine, but one more thing.""What's that?""You tell her tomorrow you're getting married, or I'll do it myself.I don't give a shit if we’re blood or not, I won't allow her to get hurt on my watch.""Got it," I snarled, hanging up the call.Asher was going to fuck up everything for me before I had the chance to fix it.Telling Gabby about Eva was the last thing I wanted to do.I knew she wouldn't want anything to do with my lying ass and I'd lose her.I'd lose her because the one girl I actually had feelings for wasn't up to my parents’ standards, and they didn't give a shit about their own children's happiness; they only cared about their own selfish needs.I kicked my shoes across the room before taking off my clothes and falling into my bed.There were a number of different ways I'd been woken up in the morning.Sometimes it was my annoying-as-hell alarm clock blaring into my right ear.Other times it was the girl from the night before telling me goodbye or wanting a go at round two.One thing that had never been on that list was getting woken up by a damn slap across the face.Good fucking morning to me."What the hell!" I shouted, my eyes flying open.I raised my hand and rubbed the sudden sting on the side of my cheek.My eyes flicked over to find Gabby beside me, sitting Indian-style with a giant smirk spread across her face."I can't believe you just bitch-slapped me while I was sleeping.Who pissed in your Wheaties this morning?" I grumbled, frowning.Her auburn hair was tangled and her eyes still looked sleepy.I could tell she'd just woken up and most likely was ready to flip shit when she'd noticed whose bed she was in."A slap in the face is better than someone waking you up and threatening you with water.Payback's a bitch."I blinked a few times, fighting my eyes against the sunlight coming through my blinds."I'm pretty sure threatening someone and doing physical harm are two totally different things.The latter being the worst."She shrugged, tossing her messy hair over a shoulder
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