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know.”
    “Uh huh.”
    “Okay, I’m just going to go brush my hair and I’ll be over.”
    “Don’t forget your toothbrush.”
    “What?”
    “Nothing.” I said quickly. “See you soon.”
    “Wait, Noah.” She almost screamed into the phone.
    “Yes.” I held my breath, wondering if she had been playing me, trying to get my hopes up before changing her mind.
    “Pepperoni and jalapenos please.”
    “Huh?”
    “On the pizza.”
    “Oh , yeah,” I laughed.
    “There are going to be pizzas , right?”
    “Of course.” I answered quickly, hoping her mind didn’t start jumping to conclusions.
    “Okay, I guess—”
    “I gotta go.” I said hurriedly. “See you soon.” And then I hung up. There was no way I was going to give her the option to change her mind. I stood there for a few minutes with a huge grin on my face and happiness in my heart as I realized that she was definitely coming. But that wasn’t the reason for my thudding heart and hopeful mindset. That was because she had sounded like she was open to really giving me another chance to make it up to her. It was crazy that I cared about her so much; we barely knew each other, but I already felt so connected to her. I knew that if I didn’t try to make things right with us, I would lose her. Scratch that, I needed to make things better than right. I needed her to give me a new chance, a fresh chance. Because I had a feeling that if she did that, things would work out for the best.
     
    ***
    Ding dong . I ran to the door excitedly, only pausing to take a breath before I opened it nonchalantly.
    “Hey,” I smiled, expecting to see Robin on the other side of the door.
    “Hey, bro. What’s up?” Leonardo’s handsome mug grinned back at me before he reached over and gave me a brotherly hug.
    “Leo,” I hugged him back and tried not to show my disappointment. “How are you?”
    “I’m good, but I want to hear everything.” He stared at me and laughed. “Look at you all buff, I see you’ve been working out a lot more.”
    “Well, you know.” I laughed as I let him in, and we walked to the living room. “There’s not much to do when you’re in hiding.” I looked over at my brother’s best friend and chuckled before becoming serious. “It was hard being away.”
    “I bet.” He gave me a look. “We thought you were dead.”
    “I know.”
    “Zane was devastated.”
    “I know.”
    “Don’t do it again.” He gave me a look and I nodded, understanding his unspoken words. I had nearly killed my brother inside and out. It had been selfish of me to disappear and not say anything; I still thought my reasons were respectable, but as time went by, I was starting to see that I didn’t have to be a martyr in the situation.
    “So Zane got himself a hottie,” Leo joked, breaking the tension in the room.
    “I heard that, Leo.” Zane came running down the stairs and into the living room. “Don’t you go getting any thoughts into your head.”
    “Scared of a little competition?” Leo joked and Zane laughed.
    “Never.”
    “If Lucky’s a smart girl, I think we both know how this will end.” Leo winked at Zane and I laughed.
    “Yeah, she’ll choose me.” I joined the conversation and Zane gave me a small glare.
    “Who’ll choose you?” Lucky had a big bright smile on her face as she walked down the stairs in a simple white dress.
    “These two fools think that you would actually give them a chance if I wasn’t in the picture.” Zane walked over to her and grabbed her hand. I smiled to myself as I watched him pull her into the crook of his arms. It was amazing to see Zane so protective and caring with Lucky.
    “Oh, Leo. You’re here.” Lucky pulled away from Zane and ran up to Leo with a delighted face. “I didn’t know you were coming over.”
    “Zane texted and said pizza was on the way.” He laughed. “I couldn’t say no to that, plus I haven’t seen Noah since he’s been back. I wanted to lay my eyes on him.” He