8
Julia
“I really, really wanted to tell you,” Heidi said with a sheepish grin a few hours later.
We were at Emery and Jensen’s house before we were going to head out to the Art Trail. It was still strange that Heidi and Emery didn’t live together. I was used to showing up at their little apartment and finding them both being ridiculous. Their love affair was legendary. I was just lucky to fit in with their tight bond.
Though, at first, when Emery had come back from college, I’d felt a bit like a third wheel. Not anymore…at least not for the most part.
“It’s fine,” I muttered. “I cannot believe that Jensen is stepping down.”
“I’m so glad,” Emery said, appearing in black shorts, a black tank, and black Converse.
Sometimes, I swore, she and I had been separated at birth.
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