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door.
    “Oh man, we are in so much trouble,” Julia whispers shakily.
    “I got this. Just play it cool.”
    Cooper slams his door as he gets in. As he pulls away, he wastes no time laying into us. “What the fuck do you girls think you’re doing?”
    “Okay, now just calm down, I can explain.”
    He falls silent and I try to think of where to start but have a hard time finding words. “I’m waiting!” he snaps.
    I clear my throat. “Well, for starters, the bitch deserved it.”
    A bitter laugh escapes him. “Well that just clears it right the fuck up, doesn’t it?” I glare at him, not appreciating his attitude. “And you?” He gestures to Julia. “I thought you were with Jaxson tonight. Does he know about this? I’m going to assume not or else he would have stopped you.”
    Julia tenses, the comment clearly pissing her off, like it does me. “Jaxson has no say in what I do unless he’s fucking me,” she snaps. I give her a proud punch in the arm for telling him like it is and she nods in return.
    Cooper sees our exchange in the rearview mirror and shakes his head. “Jesus, do you girls even realize that you just committed a fucking crime?”
    “Oh give me a break, Coop, it’s not like we cut her brakes, for god sakes. All we did is smear some dog shit and peanut butter on her car.”
    “And the marker, don’t forget the marker,” Julia whispers, which has us both bursting into a fit of giggles at a really bad time.
    “I’m glad you girls are finding this shit so funny.” I roll my eyes, but before I can say anything—he whips out his phone and calls someone. “I’m bringing Julia by so you can drive her home,” he says, to who I’m assuming is Jaxson.
    “Uh oh,” Julia whispers nervously.
    “I’ll let her tell you the fucking story… Yeah, we’re almost there.”
    After he hangs up I let him have it. “You didn’t need to bring Jaxson into this. It’s none of his fucking business.”
    His angry eyes snap to mine in the rearview mirror. “Would you rather I drive her home myself so Margaret can ask why she’s in the back of my cop car?”
    Good point, but I don’t bother to voice that. We pull up to Jax and Coop’s apartment building just a short two minutes later and see a concerned Jaxson waiting outside. I reach over and grab Julia’s hand when Coop gets out of the car. “Stay strong, don’t take no shit. The bitch deserved it.” She nods then we both step out of the car as Cooper opens the back door.
    “Jules, what’s going on?” Jaxson asks, rushing over to her. “I thought you said you were going home to bed?”
    “Well-I-um-I,” she stammers then blows out a breath. “I lied because I had plans with Kayla that I couldn’t tell you about. I’m sorry.” Her voice is soft and drips with guilt.
    “What do you mean you fucking lied?” he asks, clearly pissed.
    “Just like she said. She lied because she couldn’t tell you. Now back off!” He rears back at my outburst but I’ve had enough of both him and Cooper. The bossy assholes.
    “Stay out of it, Kayla, and get back in the car,” Cooper orders.
    My fists clench at my sides and I’m just about to tell him where he can go, but Julia ends up stopping me by pulling me into a hug. “Go. I’ll be okay, I promise. I’ll text you later.”
    My anger evaporates and I hug her back tightly. “I’m sorry we got busted. I’ll take the heat if it comes down to it,” I whisper, feeling like shit since she didn’t want to do it in the first place, and it was my idea.
    “No. No matter what happens we’re in this together. But I’m sure it will work out.” I nod, but don’t feel very confident with how mad Cooper is.
    I get back in the car but this time in the passenger side. No way am I going in the back again. Angry silence lies heavily in the car when Cooper pulls away. He doesn’t look over at me once; he stares straight ahead and completely ignores me.
    “Don’t you think you’re overreacting just a