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Two months had passed. Everyone was coming home for the holidays. We were having Thanksgiving dinner at our house this year. Baylen was home for a week and so was Quinn. They have been dating for two years now and were as cute as ever. Jeff wasn’t coming to this dinner since we weren’t boyfriend and girlfriend. We decided family events were off limits if we were to keep our friendship. It had been a great time making out with him and being friends too. It kept my heart protected. Casey and Cyman were still not a couple yet and he was still with Harper. She didn’t want to hear anything I had to say about it though, so I kept it to myself, but I had a lot to say when she was ready to hear it. As we chatted over appetizers, the doorbell rang. I went to see who it was. My mom flipped the holiday record she was playing and Keegan and Baylen were engrossed in a conversation about football. To my surprise when I opened the door, it was Isadora! I could not believe Keegan asked her to come

I headed back inside, trying to gather myself before anyone noticed how completely flustered I was.The second I stepped through the door, I made a beeline for the kitchen and grabbed a glass of water.I drank almost half of it in one gulp.“You okay, my Breesy girl?” Mom asked.I nearly choked.“Yeah.”She gave me a suspicious look.“Who was here?”I set the glass down.“It was Jagger.”Mom’s face immediately brightened.“Jagger?”“She’s visiting for Thanksgiving.”I grabbed the pie she’d brought and held it up.“She brought us this.”“Aww,” Mom said. “She should have come in so we could say hello as well.”“I know. She was kind of in a hurry.”That wasn’t exactly a lie.Mom smiled and returned to whatever she had been doing.I could feel myself grinning again.“We’re actually going out tomorrow,” I announced.Everyone looked over.“Our first real date.”I couldn’t stop the excitement from spilling out of my voice.“That is awesome, Brees,” Quinn said, reaching over to rub my arm bri

“What? Babe, I’m so confused,” Casey said, with genuine hurt.“No, what's confusing is you trying to kiss my boyfriend,” Harper shouted, getting in Casey’s face.Casey was taken aback and looked so hurt. I ran over to get between them. I couldn’t believe he brought her. Casey started to cry and I hugged her tightly.“Dude, you can’t make our girl Casey cry. What gives?” Baylen asked, as he and Keegan stepped to Cyman like overprotective big brothers.“The chick clearly is obsessed with me. Did you not see her try to kiss me?” Cyman accused.They turned to look at Casey, who was still crying on my shoulder. “You came for Casey bro. That’s the only reason you were even invited was because of her. You and Harper can leave now,” Keegan said, poking Cyman in the chest with his finger. “Yeah bro, we don’t even hang out with you, so what made you think you could show up with a date and hurt our Case?” Baylen said, doubling down on Keegan’s words.“Why would anyone think he is here for Case

He looked at me as if he already knew what I was going to say. We didn’t have an established relationship and we both knew this. Things had been so awkward between us and tensions were super high with each interaction.“Listen, it was the best gift I have ever received. How did you remember that?” he asked.“Keegan, we all know you are a huge Troy Aikman fan. That’s no big mystery,” I joked, “But, my mom helped make it happen. So I hope you enjoy your meet and greet with him at Arizona State with Baylen next month,” I said.“Four days with my best friend and meeting my idol? Yeah, it’s gonna be pretty sick,” he said, trying to contain his excitement.“Thank you for finally opening it. Baylen has been asking me what you thought of it and I knew you hadn’t opened it or were ignoring me. So I didn’t want to ask. I’m sure Isadora got you something that made you forget I even got you anything,” I said, turning my attention back to the television.“She got me a basket filled with chocolates

It was the week before my birthday. Mom had purchased my list of things I needed to make Baylen and Quinn’s night go off without a hitch. I was waiting in anticipation for Keegan, Isadora and Casey to arrive. I organized the decorations and laid out our costumes to wear as the “waiters” of the evening. I already had my hair pulled back into a slicked bun. Mom got us white and black tuxedo shirts and black slacks. We had serving towels and sparkling cider with fruit platters. I had a seafood boil warming and Keegan was bringing praline pound cake and caramel cheesecake. Isadora arrived with Keegan and I assisted them with their jackets. It was only 64 degrees today, so it was quite chilly for us here in Kentwood. Casey arrived almost simultaneously, so I wasn’t feeling awkward with just the two lovebirds being in my house. “Hey Kee P. how's it hanging?” Casey asked, slapping his back with an opened palm. “It’s going Case. How have you been since that bull shit went down with Cyman?