Page 66 of Come Back to Me

Since my mom didn’t care about me, I confided a lot in Laura, Noah’s mom and my boss at Sweet & Salty. I still do. She came as moral support when I got diagnosed with PMOS, which used to be called PCOS.

I remember feeling this incredible weight being lifted off my shoulders because it all made so much sense. All the horrible cystic acne I had as a kid and the way I had no idea when I’d get my period because they were so irregular happened because of my hormonal imbalance.

I’m so grateful for my medication because my cycle is regulated and my cramps are virtually nonexistent.

My phone buzzes in my back pocket, and I take it out to see a text from Dani on my lockscreen.

Dani

i’m pulling into oceanside now

Me

I’m hanging in front of the guys’building

Dani

okay

A black SUV pulls up in front of us, but it’s not Dani. It’s Noah and Xander.

“Well, well, well, if it isn’t Miss Violet Prescott.” Noah grins at me as he hops out of the SUV.

“Haha, you’resofunny,” I say.

Xander walks up to me, sliding his hand into mine and pulling me in for a hug. “It’s been a long time, VP.”

Five minutes later, a blue Honda CRV pulls up in front of all of us. The window rolls down, allowing me to see Dani’s face. “Hi, boys.” Her eyes land on Noah.

I think I just gagged a little bit.

Dani looks at me. “Hey, Violet.”

“Hi,” I reply to her.

She pulls into a parking space next to us, taking her sweet time to come out of the car. Noah walks his way over to the driver’s side, while I’m standing in between Grayson and Xander.

“Can I help you?” Dani asks Noah, flipping her hair.

“I don’t think that’s how a girlfriend greets their boyfriend,” Noah says.

“Oh my God, I think I’m going to gag again,” I say to Grayson and Xander.

I get a laugh from both of them. Turning towards Grayson, I look at him and smile before returning back to the Noah and Dani show.

“Oh, shut up.” Dani rolls her eyes at Noah.

Noah backs away from the window, so Dani can get out. When she does, she locks her car and walks around to the front of it.

Noah boxes her in. “You’re such a pain in the ass.”

I’d give anything for Grayson to do this to me. Hello, what’s wrong with me?

She rolls her eyes. “Just shut up and kiss me.”

“Stop doing that,” Grayson says to me.

My eyes move from side to side. “What?”