Diving Head First

Alley POV

I watched my handsome devil leave and I whined. I turned to Ethan and he patted the bed next to him to come get some love. I crawled next to him and cuddled his right side while Jess cuddled his left side. He was such a pimp.

"We really have to get to school. You ok Alley?" Ethan was looking down at me and I pulled my bottom lip out in a pout. "Oh my god don't do that. Now I know why Ace is so helpless to you."

He sat up pulling Jess in his arms then stole a long kiss from her as I grabbed my bag. Another day of hell but in all honesty, school wasn't so bad or at least not like last year or even the beginning of this year.

So much had changed in these few months that I didn't even feel like the same person. Tonight, Layla and Ethan were updating me on all things to do with my brother and I prayed he hadn't changed too much from the boy he was last year. Every time my mind wandered to Derek the drug dealer, I felt my heart squeeze painfully. Why would he do this to himself or