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out?”
    “Promise.” I handed her a tissue from the box on the coffee table so the boogers could go away and stop freaking me out.
    “Alright.” She breathed deeply after blowing her nose a few times. “I’m fucking pregnant.”
    I gaped at her. Not because Fallon was pregnant, but because of the scene that flashed back and smacked me across my face.
    “Hey, Leilani! What are you doing sneaking in so late?” My little sister climbed quietly into my bedroom window because it was easier to get into than hers at three in the morning after seeing the boyfriend that she had been keeping secret—even from me—for months.
    “I just…” Her voice cracked through tears, but she was smiling.
    “What’s up?” I patted the bed next to me and she crawled under the covers.
    “Promise you won’t freak out?”
    I propped myself up on my elbow. “I swear!”
    She rolled over, grabbed her bag from the nightstand, and pulled out the white stick to show me. “I’m fucking pregnant!”
    Leilani looked more freaked out and excited than I had ever seen her in my life. I didn’t know what to do. I was happy I was going to be an uncle but I had figured it wouldn’t happen for another ten years at least.
    It took a second for me to cool my temper. First it flared red hot in my stomach, but I needed to be a good big brother and be supportive. “Should I be mad?”
    Leilani shook her head in rapid fire. “Not at all.” She smiled wide as a tear rolled down her cheek.
    “Are you finally going to tell me who the mystery guy is then so I can kick his ass or shake his hand, depending on if he steps up?”
    “Don’t worry, he won’t be like dad!” She rolled her eyes and pulled a ring out from her bag. It was a simple opal stone set on a silver band, a totally cliché high school promise ring.
    “Alright just tell me!”
    “Maverick Steele.”
    FALLON
    “Dane?” His eyes were glassed over and his lips parted a little in the middle.
    Fuck! He’s in shock, why the hell did I tell him?
    “Yeah?” He ran his hand over his face. “Fuck! I’m sorry!”
    Well, this got awkward fast.
    Dane’s eyes got wide. “I am here for you.” He stated very matter-of-factly.
    He wrapped me in his arms again while his sense of calm melted me. I had never heard those words from anyone. Yeah, my mom and stepdad were supportive for the most part, but from a distance. Most of my former friends would have been on their computer already looking up clinics to take care of’ my ‘situation’.
    “Why aren’t you running for the hills right now?”
    He shoved up from the couch and started to pace around the room. “Because you need a friend right now and there’s only one other person in this room.”
    “Why are you such a nice guy? How the hell hasn’t the underground swallowed you whole?”
    He stopped mid-step and cocked his head to the side. “The underground?”
    “That’s what I always called the rock scene, ‘the underground’.” I made finger quotes and laughed at how goofy I must have seemed to him. A smile spread on his face, even making his eyes sparkle a little.
    “What?” I had no idea what could have made him smile in this situation.
    He shrugged. “You laughed a little.”
    Dane took his seat next to me and pulled me into his strong chest. “Look, Fallon. This whole situation doesn’t have to suck as badly as you may think it will.”
    “Easy for you to say. You don’t have to be connected to a slimeball for the rest of your life.”
    “Who’s the father?”
    “My ex.”
    “And that is…?” Dane’s eyebrow rose at me while I stared at him with my chin on his shoulder.
    “Ugh. Kenneth freaking Rhodes,” I mumbled, feeling dirty just saying his name. Kenneth Rhodes had never treated me well and I could finally see it. It was liberating to know he was no good, but stifling to know I would have to do the right thing and let him choose to be a dad or not to our child.
    Dane pulled back a little and had the