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“Brittney and Tana are here. They want to know if we’d like to go get some dinner with them tonight.”
    “Um, sure. Let me grab a hat and get my shoes on. I thought Brittney was going on a date with Matt tonight.”
    Brett shrugged. “He called and cancelled. I guess he had to work late. He rescheduled for tomorrow.”
    I shook my head as I walked to my closet. “The guy's an idiot. He better be straight up with her. I'll pound his face if he's messing around.”
    “I'll be right there beside you. She is my sister after all.”
    “Well, she feels like mine too. I don't want her getting hurt.”
    Brett stared for moment before clapping his hand on my back. “You're a good guy, Chase. Thanks for watching out for her.”
    “Any time. She’s important to me. We had a good visit on the way down here, and I enjoyed spending some one-on-one time with her.”
    “Did you now?” Brett asked, and I noticed the mischievous twinkle in his eyes before he turned and walked through the door.
    “Oh, come on, man. You know what I mean. It’s not like that between Britt and me. She’s one of the guys.”
    “Don’t let her hear you call her that. She might punch you.” He laughed.
    “I meant it as a compliment. I like that I can hang and chill with her and not have it be weird.”
    “Not have what be weird?” Tana asked as we walked into the living room.
    Damn. I forgot the girls were here. “Nothing. I was telling Brett how fun it is to be with the two of you and not have it feel strange.” I gave her a hug and then Brittney.
    “Why would it be like that?” She wasn’t letting it go.
    “No reason. How’s your apartment looking? Did you finally get everything decorated like you wanted? I know you’ve both been shopping a lot lately.” Girls were pickier about how they designed things. Our apartment had been done within two days. They’d been rearranging and fixing things since we moved in. Everything had to be exactly right.
    “We did. You want to see it really quick before we go?” Brittney answered.
    “Sure,” I said with a shrug. “There’s no rush.”
    She hooked her arm in mine, and Brett draped his around Tana as they led us next door. Their apartment was the exact mirror replica of ours, only it looked like a Better Homes and Gardens magazine exploded in the place. I’d helped my mom with enough staging in the homes she was selling to know this design style was considered shabby chic. It was done in whites, soft pinks and blues, with distressed wood pieces. It actually felt very homey.
    “Wow. This is great,” I said, really meaning it. “Martha Stewart would be proud.”
    Brett punched me. “Dude, you sound like a girl. You’re gonna get killed in football if you talk like that.”
    I laughed and rubbed my shoulder. “What have I told you about punching my throwing arm? Besides, it’s not my fault my mom talks about home décor all the time.”
    “It’s the fact you actually listen I’m worried about.” He gave me a suspicious looking glance.
    “I think it’s sweet,” Brittney said coming to my defense, squeezing my arm. “Don’t listen to him, Chase.”
    “See, she gets it.”
    “Come see my room, and tell me what you think of it.” She started dragging me down the hall.
    “And it’s getting me into her room,” I replied as we left. “Where did your knowledge get you?”
    “I don’t need knowledge to get me into Tana’s room.” He grinned.
    Tana slapped his chest, and Brittney and I laughed.
    “Doesn’t look like you’ll be in there any time soon, bro.”
    Brittney opened the door and pulled me into her space. I didn’t really notice the rest of her room, because the pictures on her wall caught my attention immediately. She’d enlarged some of her cheerleading pictures and had them mounted. There were three oversized ones of her, and mingled into the rest of the collage were multiple ones of her high school squad with several larger pictures of her, Tana, and Nikki