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both of them. When did they get old enough to dance like that?
    I t urned my attention to Mina and the punk that had approached her, watching as his hands wandered down to her ass. I reacted immediately.
    "Excuse me?"
    Mina snapped her head around as I grabbed her arm and walked her away from the ass grabber.
    "Leo! What are you doing?" She yelled at me.
    "I’m not going to stand there and let some guy grab your ass while I watch ," I lectured.
    "Then don’t look , Leo!" she poked me in the chest. "You have some nerve. You were doing a lot worse than me when you were my age."
    "Exactly, which means I know what he," I pointed in the ass grabber’s direction, "is thinking!"
    "Maybe it’s the same thing I am thinking! Ever think of that?" She scowled. I choked on my own saliva.
    "W-what?" I could feel my anger boiling up.
    "Oh , calm down. I’m still a virgin for Christ’s sake." I almost instantly dropped to my knees to thank God. She sighed. "But I won’t be forever, Leo, so trust me to make my own decisions." She gave me the damn puppy dog eyes. Shit.
    "Fine, but I don’t have to like it!" I huffed as she wrapped her arm in mine and walked me back to the group that included the ass grabber.
    "Everything okay?" I heard a magical voice. It was Chloe talking to Mina, but shifting her gaze to me as well.
    "Yeah, just Leo and his over protective brother act," Mina responded to her.
    "Okay. Will thought he was going to get murdered." She laughed a perfect laugh.
    Fuck, she grew into such a hot…..like a little sister, Leo. Like a little sister.
    Mina was still laughing as she went to find the ass grabber, I presume.
    "Welcome back," Chloe was talking to me now.
    "Thanks." Why was it so awkward to talk to her? She smiled and headed back over to the guy I guessed was her boyfriend.
    I took a seat on one of the logs around the fire and started a conversation with Randy and a pretty pregnant Christy.
    "So how are things, Randy?"
    "Pretty good. Pretty busy." He smiled and gestured to Christy. I smiled and took a drink of my beer.
    Oliver joined us after a few minutes. I introduced Randy and Christy to him. We sat back and struck up a comfortable conversation. After a couple of hours, I realized that the party had died down and people had taken off. Those left had congregated around the fire. I looked around and my eyes fell on Mina lying in Chloe’s lap asleep. Max was sitting between Chloe and Roni- I think that’s her name. Both girls had their head on his shoulder, his arms around them. He caught me looking at him.
    "Jealous, Mackey?" He laughed loudly.
    "Definitely, Gallagher ." I laughed back, shaking my head. I looked down at my watch; it was passed two in the morning.
    "Hey Max, you ready to get going?" He looked down at Roni then nodded.
    "Ready , Oliver?"
    He nodded.
    I walked over to Max to help with the girls. Chloe stood up slowly and wobbly.
    "Can you walk?"
    She nodded, but took one step and started to fall. I wrapped my arms around her and picked her up bridal style. From the moment I held her, there was instant warmth that seemed to radiate from her through my arms and throughout my body. I had never felt anything like it before.
    "Ready?" Max broke me out of my trance. I noticed that he was holding Roni.
    "What about Mina?" I looked back.
    "I got her," Oliver stood with my sister in his arms. The look on his face made me cringe. I’m gonna have to have a little heart to heart with him. We started heading toward my car, but Christy stopped us.
    "Hey, I’m supposed to drive them home." She held Mina’s keys in her hands.
    "Okay, how about you follow us?"
    "Okay." She ran ahead and opened the doors to Mina’s car.
    I placed Chloe in the back seat and Oliver put Mina in the passenger seat. I looked at Max who was taking Roni to my car with him. I smirked and headed to my car.
    When we arrived at my house , Christy handed me Mina’s keys and headed next door. Max was carrying Roni into the house when I met