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first moment I met her, coming up on a year
ago. She looked about the same as she had then, pretty, but too young for me to
give it anymore thought than that. I gave her a slight smile and nod, before
Bas came over to update us on Jax.
    “Jax and Ky
are in the delivery room, so I guess that means the baby should be here any
time. I think it will be a while before any of us get in to see them though.
The doc said they’ll clean up the little guy and then take his weight and
measurements and all that. Then they’ll give Jax and Ky some time alone with
him before we can go in.”
    “Dad
coming?” I don’t know why I asked. I knew my dad wouldn’t miss this, I just
expected him to be here already.
    “He’s
already here. Not in the delivery room, but he used his connections to get back
there.”
    “Okay, then
I guess we better take a seat and get comfortable,” I said. Ace wasted no time
in going to sit beside Sadie, who had been staring at him with those big googly
doe eyes since we walked in. I shook my head and rolled my eyes, which then
landed on the amused smirk Mia was giving me. Bas returned to his seat next to
his pregnant wife, which left a seat between him and Mia or one over by Vi and
an also pregnant Lucy. Both their other halves were missing. Izzy, who was
growing like crazy every time I saw her, was absent as well, probably in school
by this time in September.
    After taking
in my choices, I plopped into the seat between Mia and my brother. “Hey, Mia,”
I said softly. “How’s it going?”
    “Really
good,” she smiled at me. It was good to see her smile. Ignoring the fact that
it was a beautiful smile, the last time I’d seen her, she’d been pretty
miserable and going through a rough time after her accident. She was a sweet
kid and I was glad to see her get away from the rest of her family, especially
her mom. It always brought out my protective instincts thinking about her
trapped in that house with her vicious mother and that catty sister of hers,
Leila.
    “Heard
you’re going to BU,” I said, making small talk.
    “Yeah. Move
in day was Monday. Classes start in a little over a week.” I could hear the
excitement bubbling under the surface of her words. That was also refreshing.
She deserved this fresh start. I knew from talking to Ace and Sadie that she’d
made her share of mistakes, but no doubt they stemmed from the pressure put on
her by her parents and her unhappiness. I’d seen it in her eyes last winter
when she showed up on our doorstep trying to escape.
    “So you’re
settling in then? Liking Boston alright?”
    “Yeah, it’s
great so far. I like it here a lot and I think I’ve already made some good
friends,” she shared.
    “That’s good
to hear, Mia. I’m happy for you. It’s a great school. I know you know Bas went
there, but I also graduated from Boston U.”
     “That’s
where you joined the first band you played in before you met the guys, or umm,
I think that’s what I read somewhere, maybe,” she admitted almost bashfully.
    “Yeah,
that’s right,” I chuckled. “I had a lot of fun there and met a lot of cool
people. I actually heard Ky play at a campus bar when he was doing his solo
thing.” Her eyes drank in my expression and she seemed riveted on every word I
spoke. I had to remind myself to be careful around Mia. Her crush was
flattering, but I didn’t want to do anything to encourage it.
    I couldn’t
figure out what it was about Mia that tugged at me. Maybe it was that I’d
recognized that lost and angry look in her eyes when she showed up in Boston
last winter and could relate with her need to push boundaries and test limits. I’d
been there. I’d been that kid until my music gave me an outlet.
    Or maybe it
had to do with the night back then when I heard her crying in the guest room
across from my bedroom, and had literally felt the pain I heard in her cries.
Fifteen minutes I’d stood there, hearing it, not knowing what to do, but
wanting to