“What is it?” Her look of concern as she checked me over almost made me cry. “Are you hurt? Did someone hurt you?”
Yes. The freaking cousin of your boyfriend.“No. I’m okay. Late night, ya know.”
I headed to my room, cursing her dogged persistence as she followed me.
“Mee, talk to me,” she said from behind me.
“What do you want me to say? I was out all night, mom, getting a lot of dick, and now I’m tired.”
“Mia.” Ava’s eyes were wide as she looked at me. “You saiddick.”
Her exaggeration of my using a curse word made me chuckle, and then I was laughing harder. “If I tell you, please don’t make this worse.”
“Oh fuck . . . you slept with Ben.”
“Ben? Who in darnation is Ben?”
“The backup quarterback. You had him in your Mia Target at Halloween.”
“I have a Mia Target?” I asked her. I wasn’t sure if I was insulted or not.
“Mia, can we focus?”
“I spent the night with Ash.”
Ava’s mouth dropped open, and her eyes squeezed shut. “Duuuude . . .awkward!”
“Yes, I know, apparently it’s the worst decision ever.”
“Why? Is he bad? In bed?” Ava asked curiously.
“No, he’s amazing.” I shook my head to clear it. “But it’s not good when his cousin walked in just as I, you know, and then he . . . well, you know.”
“You came in front of Gray?” Ava burst out laughing and quickly covered her mouth. “Mee!”
“Shut up.” I threw myself on my bed. “And then when I locked myself in his bathroom, naked, I heard them discussing me like I was a common whore.”
“I’m getting bad déjà vu.”
“Don’t worry. It’s not lost on me how freakishly similar this is to your start with the Devils.”
“This sucks.”
“Ya think?” I stared at my ceiling. “It’s going to be awkward, isn’t it? I mean, I’m pretty sure Gray saw my hoo-ha so . . .”
Ava snorted as she giggled uncontrollably. “MeeMoo, you complete idiot. I thought you knew not to hook up with Ash.” Ava slapped my legs. “And he’s Quinn’s ex. Ugh, it’s so many levels of awkward.”
We both jumped when we heard a knock on the front door. Ava went to answer it, and being nosy, I went to see who it was.
Jett was in the kitchen, speaking softly to Ava, who was white as a sheet.
“What’s going on?” I asked, coming forward.
“We’ve got an issue.”
“Look, I’m sorry I messed up. It won’t happen again.” It was hardly World War Three. So, I had sex with the cousin — seriously, who hadn’t?
“I know you don’t know everything, and I really can’t tell you much, but Ava’s coming to stay in the house with me.”
