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understand your humor.”
    I was annoyed with her from our last visit so I wasn’t exactly thrilled to see her.
    She walked inside my apartment uninvited.
    “Please come in,” I said sarcastically. I shut the door and turned back to her.
    “Arts and crafts on a Friday night?” She looked at my messy desk. “You’re really living it up.”
    I wasn’t in the mood for her attitude. “What do you want?”
    She rolled her eyes. “Fine. I’ll cut to the chase. I want to talk about Ash.”
    Not this again . “I don’t want to be with him. It’s never going to happen. Just drop it.”
    She nodded. “Perfect.”
    Wait. What?
    “So you don’t mind if I date him, then?”
    What? Was this a joke? “You want to date Ash?”
    “Is that a serious question? Who doesn’t want to date him?”
    “But he doesn’t do the relationship thing…only with me.”
    “You think I care? We have the same definition of date.” She flipped her hair over one shoulder. “So, you’re cool with it?”
    This was so sudden that I couldn’t process it. “Well, I…”
    “If you don’t want him, why can’t I have him? I’m not scared to get hurt. My solution to heartbreak is to keep living. Yours is to shrivel up and die. I’m not going to bug youand try to tell you how to live your life. Do what you want. But if you don’t want Ash, then I should take a shot. Don’t be selfish.”
    “Uh…” I couldn’t believe this was happening. “What makes you think you even have a chance with him?”
    “We ran into each other at a bar the other night. He was telling me he was upset over you but he feels like there’s nothing he can do. You’re just hurting him. And we just…connected. I asked him out and he said yes.”
    He said yes?
    “So, it’s cool, right?” She stared me down, waiting for my response. “I don’t even know why I’m asking you because he isn’t your ex or anything so I’m not breaking any rules. He’s some guy you almost had a thing with. Not exactly enough to make him off limits.”
    “Uh…”
    She glared at me. “If you don’t want me to date him, why don’t you date him?”
    I didn’t have a response to that.
    “Then I’m going out with him. We’re just going to have fun. I’m not going to marry the guy or anything.” She flipped her hair over one shoulder then walked to the door. “I’m meeting him at his place so I need to go.”
    “You’re going out with him tonight?” My voice was high-pitched.
    “Yeah…it’s Friday night. Seriously, you need to loosen up.” She walked out then slammed the door behind her.
    I fell on the couch, unable to believe this was really happening. Ash was dating my sister? Of all women in the world, he had to choose her? My sister was slutty and dirty. She’d give him exactly what he wanted. They would snuggle close together at the restaurant then they would fool around on his couch. Then they would go in his bedroom…
    I wanted to throw up .
    Imagining him being with anyone made me sick, but the idea of Payton made me sick. He was mine. How could she possibly think it’s okay to date him? I mean, he wasn’t really mine…and I could have said no…but I felt selfish saying that. I didn’t want him but I didn’t want anyone else to have him.
    My curiosity got the best of me so I walked to my peephole and looked out. They were talking in front of his door then he put his arm around her waist. She talked his ear off while they headed to the stairs and out of my line of sight.
    I leaned against the door then slid to the floor. The guy that meant the most to me was out with someone else. And it was my sister.
     
    I stayed by the door, waiting for them to return. When I heard voices, I jumped up and looked through the peephole. Ash had his arm around her waist while they stood in front of his door.
    Payton, go home.
    He leaned close to her and shared quiet whispers. Her hands moved to his arms, gripping him tightly.
    I wanted to puke.
    Then Ash opened