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water. I wasn't worthy of Kenzie’s love even in my dreams. The next morning I’d woken up next to Sydney and the worst hangover of my life. After taking a cold shower, I’d found Kenzie and Garret snuggling on the couch at my aunt's house, neither of them happy to see me.            
    A part of me had expected Garret to come swinging at me for kissing Kenzie. I was shocked when he’d kept silent, never mentioning the kiss although there was no doubt in my mind Kenzie had told him. She’d started giving him pieces of herself that she gave to no one else.
                  Pieces that used to be mine.
                  The day I met Kenzie Kane she had become apart of me. Almost like an extra limb I always expected to be there, though you wouldn't know it from the way I had been acting this past year. It wasn't a secret that Kenzie deserved much better than the likes of me. My behavior for these past few months had done nothing but prove that.
                  I’d made sure of it.
                  Filled with self loathing and regret I laid back on my bed and laced my hands behind my head. I was going to have to accept the fact that sleep and I were no longer on a first name basis
     

 
    Chapter 3
    Kenzie
                  By the time we'd gotten all of my stuff into Reece's house I was a hot sweaty mess. It was early September and the summer heat was staying strong. The guys had done majority of the heavy lifting but I knew my muscles were still going to be sore come morning.
                  It would be worth it.
                  After the last box had been unloaded the twins had bailed along with my brother and Reece which left Garret and I with the rest of the work. Garret had a date with Jared in town later which was part of the reason he'd offered to help me out the rest of the afternoon.
    I knew my friend was the reason Jace hadn't shown up today and I was grateful for the intervention. Since our encounter in the kitchen we had done a great job of avoiding each other. There was no reason to stop that now. 
                  "This is going to be good for you Kenzie," Garret nodded in approval as he looked around the living room. "Step one on the plan to getting over him is complete.”
    I almost wished I hadn't told Garret about my plan to get over Jace, but we had been in similar situations then. I'd thought he had needed a plan too until he and his secret boyfriend made up a few weeks ago.
                  Garret had been seeing Reece's cousin Jared on and off for more than a year now but he still hadn't told the family. That was why Jared had called it quits for good about two months ago. Garret had been absolutely miserable. Less than a week later he had been miserable. Less than a week later he had  thrown himself at Jared's feet, promising that he was going to work on his issues. The only reason Garret had confided in me about it was because I had been just as heartbroken.
                  When I had found a gguide to ggetting oover hhim article in a magazine at Reece's house I had taken it as a sign. One of the steps was to stop feeling sorry for yourself and that was something I had been doing for far too long. It was past time I got over my daydreams of Jason Craw sweeping me off of my feet and did something useful with my time.
                  After confronting my mom last month I felt like I had finally found the courage to make some necessary changes. Mara had contacted Declan out of the blue and played on his sympathies claiming she was dying, conning him out of thousands of dollars. When we'd discovered she'd been lying I'd decided to make it clear we were through with her once and for all. Thinking about the look on her face when I'd punched her still made my heart soar.
                  Even though I hadn't wanted to admit it, my mother still had some power