Despite growing up together, Catherine Simmons and Mattis Reed were never close.
Cat was inseparable from Mattis' younger sister, Chloé, while he was busy running around on the football field.
But when Cat's new dream drags her across the country du...
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Two smartasses and Reed
Matt 💓: The fuck is this, Okamura?
Aran: Since you can't pull it together, I'm taking matters into my own hands
Matt 💓: Dude, don't
Aran: Cat, Reed would like to hear if you wanna come to our Halloween party Friday?
Matt 💓: 😑😑
Me: You guys are having another party?
Matt 💓: The twins...
Aran: Nuff said
Me: Uh, can I bring a few friends?
Matt 💓:Who?
Aran: You can bring anyone you want
Matt 💓: 😠😠
Me: I'll think about it
Aran: Costumes are mandatory. Cadin's rule
Matt 💓: He's lying; it's his
Aran: 🤷
Me: 😂😂
"Fill me in on everything," Ava sings as she waltzes into my room Sunday night after a weekend visiting her girlfriend upstate.
"Why are you so cheerful?" I ask, putting aside the book I was reading as she plops down on my bed.
"It's called being in love."
"That sounds exhausting."
She swats my shoulder. "Why are you so grumpy?"
"Well, we can't all be high on the endorphin release of multiple orgasms, can we?"
Ava laughs, the carefree sound of someone who never takes life too seriously. She rolls onto her side, propping her head on her hand. "So I take it things didn't go all that well this weekend? Was it a Chloé thing or a Reed thing?"
"You do know her name is Chloé Reed, right?"
Ava pinches my side with an admonishing look. "Stop avoiding the question."
I grimace, looking at the ceiling. "Both, I guess. Or no, things went pretty well with Chloé, actually. It was really good to see her. It was a bit unnerving watching her and Matt interact, though," I say, drawing in a breath as images of that first dinner flash through my head. "Before coming here, I presumed Chloé was right and that Matt was the largest issue in their relationship, but then I started spending time with him, and it seemed like maybe Chloé downplayed her role. But then, seeing how he spoke to her at dinner, he is definitely not innocent. So now I don't know what to believe."
