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    “Anyone that’s passed out is heavy,” he grunted. “It’s dead weight.” I now understood what Luke said about my ass being heavy when he carried me up the stairs after my mimosa incident.
    As soon as I opened the door, Delaney’s cell phone rang. I glanced at it and saw Luke’s picture flash across the screen.
    “Ugh,” I moaned, trying to decide if I should answer it or not. “Lay her on the bed.” I pushed the door to her room open and stepped back.
    “Hello?”
    “Who’s this?” Anger laced his voice and I held the phone away from my ear.
    “It’s your sister,” I snapped, feeling a little irritated by the situation.
    “Where’s Delaney?”
    “Passed out. Drunk.” I motioned for Raven to help me pull off Delaney’s boots.
    “Oh shit.”
    After we pulled off her boots, she popped up from the bed. “I need to throw up.” She motioned to the bathroom and Raven quickly picked her up. I pointed to the door across from her bed and he shot through it. A few seconds later, I heard her heaving and hurling. I stepped into the living room so I could talk to Luke.
    “I take that back. She’s in the bathroom throwing up again.”
    “Great.” Heaviness filled his voice and I knew that wasn’t the first time she had drank too much. “Where the hell were y’all?”
    I pulled a bottle water from the mini frig. “At a party.” I unscrewed the lid and then chugged down half the bottle. Why the heck did alcohol make you so thirsty?
    “A party? Where? With who?”
    I paced the small hallway back and forth, trying to keep calm. Luke didn’t have to drill me about where I’d been or whom I’d been with. It was none of his damn business.
    “A Kappa Sig party, why?” I said, as if it were no big deal.
    “Were you drinking, too?”
    I huffed, feeling more frustrated by the minute. “What does it matter? Why don’t you get your ass over here and take care of her. She’s the one that’s drunk. Not me.”
    “You know what, you’re right. Fuck it. You take care of her.”
    Before I could respond, he hung up the phone. I squeezed the phone in my hand to prevent a scream from escaping. Luke knew how to make me so frustrated at times. Even though he’d said the breakup was between Collin and me, he had grown colder toward me. The bond we once shared as twins didn’t exist anymore and maybe it was all because I had hurt his friend.
    I set Delaney’s phone on her nightstand and went into the bathroom. Raven sat on the edge of the tub, holding Delaney by the hair as her head hung over the toilet.
    “Sorry. It was my brother.” I opened one of her drawers and took out a hair band. “I asked him to come and take care of her but he got mad and hung up.”
    “It’s okay.” Raven let go of her hair when I wrapped my fingers around the muddled strands.
    “He doesn’t want to help me?” Delaney slurred her words together as she tried to help me pull her hair up.
    I filled a cup with water. “Here, rinse your mouth.” She took the cup and attempted to take a sip but spilled half of it on her in the process. Instead of getting mad, I grabbed a hand towel and wiped her face.
    “I think I’ve got this.” I smiled at Raven.
    “Are you sure?” He had his forearms pressed against his thighs as he leaned over. His eyes watched me intently and I took a quick peek in the mirror to make sure I looked somewhat decent. Thankfully, I didn’t look anything like Delaney.
    “I think I can manage, unless I have to carry her to the bed.” I knelt beside her to make sure she was somewhat coherent. “Besides, you look tired… you’ve had a long day.”
    “I feel tired.” Raven glanced at a big white watch he wore around his wrist. “Damn, it’s only twelve-thirty. I can usually hang longer than this, but I really took a beating on that field today.”
    “I understand,” I reassured him, even though I didn’t want him to go. Aside from Luke, Raven was the first guy I’d had in our suite. Collin