Chapter ThirtyFour

Chapter ThirtyFour

I sat next to Michael on the flight to Texas, next to him, of course, was Luke and next to him was, of course, Peyton. Once she heard I was going to Texas with them, she threw the biggest tantrum and got Luke to invite her too. I couldn’t help but laugh at her patheticness… or the fact she clearly didn't see the irony of me doing something with Michael that she didn’t know about…

The flight was short enough, only a few hours, and when we touched down in Texas, Damon was waiting at the airport to pick us all up. The guys had phoned ahead and told them that we were with them. I imagined one of them, most likely Damon, kicked off because I heard Michael raise his voice during the conversation, but either way, we were here, and I was excited!

‘So, Have you guys continued your… hobby while you’ve been here?’ I asked him, almost in a whisper so the others wouldn’t hear. He just chuckled.

‘Let's not talk about that right now’. He placed his hand on my knee and squeez