The meeting was a bit larger than first anticipated, but Cal decided to bring everyone in on it. Everything went weird after Ian showed up with Amelia. That was the only way he could describe the situation. Weird.
The girls stayed in Max’s room all night, Loraina only coming out to grab snacks, passing Ethan, Cal, James, and Ace as they sat awkwardly on the couch. Amelia was banned by Ian from fraternizing with anyone, so she kept to herself.
When the door had closed behind Loraina, Ace and Cal looked at Ethan accusingly.
“What? Quit looking at me like I did something wrong!”
“You do realize,” James drawled, “that of all of us here, the girls are holed up in your girl’s room, right? After your fiancé,” he held up finger quotes for the word, “shows up— that you failed to m
