“You just met me, why would you trust me with that information?” “Because, you have been taking beatings for something you didn’t do and clearly no one knows, and those who suspect can’t get the truth out of you. You have integrity and loyalty, though your lack of self interest concerns me a bit.”

I didn’t realize how lost in my thoughts I am until Sierra nudged me. “Hey where have you been the last ten minutes?” I blink trying to shake the memory from my head and wrap it around what I’m about to do. “I don’t know if I can do this.” I finally blurted out. “I wasn’t lying before, I really ha

I giggle with her and take a sip of water, which draws the attention of Cameron and Dakota. “She is right, it was definitely worth the wait.” Dakota says not taking his eyes off of me and I’m not sure what to make of that, so I break eye contact only to lock eyes with Cameron who is nodding and then

“That’s almost 30 hours of combat training a week. You do that on top of school and everything else.” He’s looking at me like he’s never seen me before and I look around at the rest of the group and their looks aren’t much different. “I’ve never done the math before, so I’ll take your word for it,

“Alright asshole, you made your point. Stop giving Sierra a hickey and groping my sister.” Mateo sounded stern, but also amused at his friends' antics. The rest of the guys just laughed along at his annoyance. He would have ripped Sam’s arms off if he felt like I was in any kind of actual danger,