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052: In front of her
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2026-04-13 19:52:49
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Falling for My Best Friend's Brother 055: Not a date
Avery's POVThe diner was his suggestion and it turned out to be exactly right.It was one of those places that had not changed in twenty years and was not planning to. Red booths, laminated menus, a woman behind the counter who called everyone honey without looking up. I slid into the booth across from Liam and picked up the menu and I felt my shoulders loosen and drop."Better?" he said."Much better," I said.We ordered burgers. He got a vanilla shake and I got a coffee because the doorstep encounter had still not fully left my body yet and I needed something warm to hold. He did not push me to talk about it and I was grateful for that. We read our menus in the noise of the diner and it was one of the few times all week that I had felt like I was actually in control of my environment and choices.The food came and it was good. somewhere around the halfway point of my burger I realised I had not thought about Jade or Colton or Brianna or the squad or any of it for about fifteen minu
Falling for My Best Friend's Brother 054: Satisfaction
Liam's POVI hated being late. But some idiot ran a red light and caused an accident, which delayed everyone. I turned onto our street a little after seven PM and I could see Avery and Jade on the doorstep before I had even pulled all the way to the curb.They were standing close together, Avery in the doorway and Jade on the step below her, and something about the way they were standing told me this was a real conversation. Not a fight, not exactly, but something a little serious. I slowed the car and stopped just past the lamppost and I sat there for a moment looking at them through the windscreen.Neither of them had noticed my car on the curb yet.That was about to change and I was looking forward to the exact second it did. I thought about what Jade had said to me that evening at the library, with confidence of someone who expected to be obeyed, like I was a problem she had identified and labelled and simply expected to clear out of the picture once she had said the word. I had w
Falling for My Best Friend's Brother 053: I don't care
Avery's POV I took his hand and I felt Jade's eyes on my face like something physical. I turned around before we had even taken two steps toward the car. "Jade." I kept my voice calm. "It is not what it looks like. I will explain everything when I get back, I promise." She looked at me and then at Liam and then at our joined hands and something in her face closed off completely. "I thought you were my friend," she said. "I am your friend." "Friends do not go behind your back to see the enemy." I blinked. "The enemy." "You know what I mean." "I really do not," I said. "Because I am standing here trying to work out how Liam Harrington is your enemy. What has he actually done to you? Give me one thing." She opened her mouth. "Or is it his dad?" I asked. "Simply because your mum married again. Besides the fact that he exists in your house now, what has Liam personally done to you?" She closed her mouth. "That is what I thought." I let go of Liam's hand and I took a step back
Falling for My Best Friend's Brother 052: In front of her
Avery's POVWe both turned around at the same time.A dark car was parked just past the lamppost in front of the house. The engine was still running and the headlights on. From the car alone I knew exactly who it was. The driver's door opened and Liam stepped out and leaned against the side of the car. He put his hands in his jacket pockets, waiting. Then he took out his phone to look at it, not at us, obviously giving us space to finish whatever it was we were doing. Beside me, Jade went completely still.I watched the understanding move across her face. It was not slow. One second she was looking at the car, the next she had worked out why he was here, and the expression that replaced her confusion was something I did not have time to prepare for. The warmth from five minutes ago vanished completely off her face.She turned to look at me with her mouth already open."You are going on a date with him," she said.I did not answer."Avery." Her voice had changed entirely. "Are you se
Falling for My Best Friend's Brother 051: Jade's apology
Avery's POV"What are you doing here?" I snapped at her instead of answering her completely unnecessary question. I wondered what gave her the right to think she could ask me that after the way she treated me recently.It came out sharper than I meant it to though. Jade stood on the doorstep with her coat buttoned up and her hands in her pockets. She looked at me a bit confused, obviously wondering about the question she had asked me. I was very disappointed to see her at my door instead of Liam and I was going to let her know she wasn't welcome."I came to see you," she said."Now?" I looked past her at the empty road and then back at her. "It is almost seven.""I know." She looked at my top and the earrings and the bag over my shoulder and that same confused expression moved across her face, briefly. "Can I come in?""I am heading out," I said."Five minutes," she said. "That is all. Please."I stayed in the doorway and I did not move. She looked at me and I looked at her back witho
Falling for My Best Friend's Brother 050: Getting ready
Avery's POVGetting ready for a proper date was different from getting ready for a shift at Velvet Underground and the difference hit me the moment I opened the wardrobe door. For the club, the process was automatic. Wig in, makeup and mask on, costume, done. Twenty minutes and Avery ceased to exist. Scarlett stepped out and Scarlett was untouchable.Tonight I was going out as myself, in my own clothes, with my own face, and I was standing in front of this wardrobe for fifteen minutes trying to decide what that looked like.I pulled out a dark green dress and held it up. It was too much for a quiet diner on Clement Street. I put it back. I tried a cream blouse and dark jeans and looked in the mirror and thought it was fine, but fine was not the point, so I put the blouse back too. I settled eventually on a fitted navy top, dark jeans, and the small gold earrings I wore when I wanted to look like I had made an effort without it being obvious that I had.The earrings belonged to my moth
Falling for My Best Friend's Brother 025: Not your world
Avery's POVFor a moment nobody said anything.Jade stood two steps below us on the library steps with her shopping bag in her hand. I wondered how she knew where we were. Either way, the look on her face was not the quiet, contained version of hurt she had worn all afternoon at practice. This was
Falling for My Best Friend's Brother 024: Working together
Avery's POVBrianna definitely had it coming and I wasn't going to let her get away with making me look bad this time.“I'll see you later.” Priya said and I watched her walk away.I took deep breaths to pace myself before springing into action that definitely would have consequences.I stood at th
Falling for My Best Friend's Brother 023: Practice on the field
Avery's POVI was driving.Jade had offered but I had the keys already and we both knew the real reason was that I needed something to do with my hands on the way to cheer practice that afternoon. She sat in the passenger seat with one earbud in and her chin resting on her hand and she watched the
Falling for My Best Friend's Brother 022: 4am
Avery's POVI sat in the car for a moment.He had not moved. He was still on Jade's front step with his elbows on his knees and his eyes on me through the windscreen. Technically it was his home too because he lived there now. The headlights were still on and they brightened the atmosphere a bit an
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