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what was puzzling to him was the expression on his brothers face. Chace appeared to know the girl. When Chaces’ eyes darkened, Devin knew that his brother had strong feelings for her.
     
     
     

CHAPTER THREE
     
     
     
    A livia made her way to the bonfire. Connor, who was Tuckers’ private math tutor in school handed Alivia a beer. She twisted off the cap and tossed it into the recycling bin.
    She eyed a few of the people walking around and wondered if they were ever going to change. Growing up in a small town meant that there wasn’t much to do, except throwing a lot of after hour drunken parties. When she was sixteen the parties were fun, but now more than year later, she would rather be at home reading a good book.
    She practically knew every person here. She glanced around and shook her head. That’s when she spotted Devin. He was never at any of the other creek parties. She usually had only seen Devin at the Grand Coffin Cafe in the mornings for breakfast or at school when he was teaching drama class. Then she averted her gaze to Chace. He was staring at her and he looked angry.
    Chace was a regular at the Cafe. He ordered the same thing every night for the past few months. He spent hours sitting at table nine reading a book or playing games on his ‘iPhone’.
    It was not long after Erica started waitressing at the Cafe a few months ago, that Erica began to pester her into talking to Chace.
    Finally, three weeks ago, she caved in and started talking to him. They talked about different novels that they read and realized they had almost the same taste. He was a nice guy and was incredibly handsome. The more they talked and the more she heard his hypnotic voice, the more she found herself looking forward to their nightly conversations. He was such a beautiful person on the inside and she couldn’t help but feel attracted to him.
    Within seconds, Erica was beside her and hugged her close.
    “I’m so happy that you decided to come, Livy.”Alivia nodded, never once taking her eyes off Chace.
    He was muscular, tall and his eyes were a bright blue. She could stare into those dreamy eyes and completely lose herself. Chace was the most handsome guy that she had ever seen.
    When Holly Fletcher put her arms around Chaces’ waist, she felt an unexpected pang of jealousy rise up inside of her and she looked away.
    Erica looked at her and frowned. “Come on Livy, the night is young and full of wonder. If you just loosen up a bit, you just might have some fun. Just like the old days, remember those?”
    She remembered when her and her friends laughed and joked around.
    They had fun doing just about anything or nothing at all. But fun wasn’t part of her life anymore. She had somehow managed to make herself feel guilty, if she were to have too much fun.
    Erica had that concerned look on her face just as she had many times in the last several months. Alivia didn’t care. This was who she was now, she had changed and Erica just had to accept it. 
    A few minutes later, Tucker grabbed Erica around the waist, lifted her off her feet, and swung her around.
    Alivia saw her chance to escape.
    She swiped a six-pack of beer from the cooler and headed to the edge of the water, glancing back at Erica.
    Gratefully, Erica hadn’t noticed, her attention was solely on devouring Tuckers’ lips.
    “Hey there stranger,” said Miles smiling as he plopped down beside her. “Hiding out from the rest of us crazies, are we?”
    It was abundantly clear from the sound of his voice that he was well on his way to having one too many drinks.
    He put a casual arm around Alivia and pulled her closer.
    “I’ve missed you darling,” he said.
    “Oh, sure you have,” Alivia elbowed him and giggled.
    “No really, all these girls are such snobs and they’re all way too easy, if you catch my meaning. But not my darling Livy, my sexy hot goddess is nothing like these other girls.”
    She laughed. “You’re such a flirt Miles.”
    “Come on