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come to me. We walk the
dishes to the bar, setting them on top so the closing bartender can
wash them.
    “Ok, I will,” she says and looks around.
“But I don’t plan on locking myself out again, so I don’t think we
will have to worry about that.”
    I give her my biggest
grin. Yeah…we’ll see about
that .

Chapter Eight
    Kelsey
    It was a waste of time showing up to class
today. I haven’t been able to focus in any of them. It’s been two
days since I saw Abby flirting with Ethan. I didn’t like it and
hope I don’t have to witness it again. I’ve never felt that way
about any guy. Ever. Not even when she walked out of my bathroom
that god-awful day I caught Tyler cheating on me.
    And Ethan’s not your man, Kelsey.
    The way she stormed away from Ethan, I knew
he shut her down. It took everything I had not to smile at him when
he caught me watching. How could I be interested in him again after
just a couple days? This just goes to show how unstable my brain is
when it comes to choosing someone of the opposite sex.
    “Are you even paying attention?” Logan
whispers.
    I shake my head no.
    “Then let’s skip out because I’m about to
fall asleep.”
    We quietly grab our bags and sneak out of
class without drawing attention. This isn’t good. Ethan has
distracted from the one course I give a rip about. In fact, the
other night, I wanted to do nothing but write and Ethan got in the
way of that too. This isn’t a good sign.
    “What should we do?” Logan asks. “Maybe go
grab a bite or something?”
    Food doesn’t sound appealing in any way, but
I have nothing else going on today and going home to hang out alone
doesn’t sound fun. And sadly, once again, my mind is more focused
on Ethan than plotting some points I could enter to that writing
contest.
    “Yeah, that’s fine.”
    At my car, I’m a little surprised Logan’s
making the kind gesture to open my door. He does this sort of thing
for Sara all the time or when we’re together but never just me on
my own. Logan really is a sweet guy. Ironically, just as I think
it, all the kindness is gone when he hits me with the driver’s
door. I stumble backward, my purse slipping off my arm, tossing
every item in it across the ground.
    “Oh, dude, I’m sorry.” Logan kneels down
with me as I gather everything up.
    “It’s alright,” I tell him, but he’s almost
laughing. “It doesn’t look like you’re too upset about hitting me,”
I joke back. It’s really not a big deal, but then he reaches his
hand toward me and I realize why he is laughing. I grab the tampon
out of his hand, stuff it deep into my purse, and close my door
once I’m inside the car, praying he doesn’t see the blush I have no
doubt my cheeks are displaying. This is probably why he’s never
opened a door for me. Probably had some sixth sense that it would
be awkward one way or another.
    Hanging out with Logan for a while is fun.
He asks about Sara a bunch, which doesn’t surprise me. Those two
aren’t very good at hiding their feelings. I thought for sure they
were going to finally put themselves out of their misery and make
things official, but then she up and decided to leave for this trip
and didn’t even tell Logan. He found out from Ethan. The way he’s
been talking about her this afternoon only confirms everything I
thought: Logan doesn’t want her to go.
    I pull up to my parents’ house around five.
I have a plan to accomplish a lot of homework tonight, but after a
good fifteen minutes of searching through my purse, backpack, and
car for their house key, I give up. I must have lost it when I
dropped my purse.
    I get out of the car, close
the door, and lean against it. I should have made a spare key after
the first night. I take a deep breath and
glance across the street to Ethan’s house, where the front light is
on. He did tell me I could come to him if this happened again. I
push off my car and head for his house.
    I knock once and the door opens. Ethan’s in
a