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time expressing themselves. Even before Mr. Cooper died the boys were tight lipped about their feelings.. TThat had only worsened after their dad’s accident. While Wyatt hid behind his jokes and smart aleck attitude, Lucas and Garret were emotionally closed off. The same could be said for Jace.
                  I only knew so much about Jace’s life before he had moved in with the Cooper’s and the information I had gotten was mostly second hand from Wyatt. From what he knew Jace’s life in Australia was hardly picture perfect. According to Wyatt, Jace’s dad had a wicked temper. I’d often wondered if that was why Jace tried so hard to reign in his own anger at times.
                  “I know you’re right. It’s been a long time coming,” Garret sighed. “Jared wanted to come with me but I would be more comfortable if it was just us. I don’t want to chance having him see one of my brother’s having a bad reaction.”
                  “That’s not going to happen.”
                  Garret scowled at me. “I thought you were on my side.”
                  Laughing I wrapped my arms around his waist giving him a smacking kiss on the cheek. “Garret, I’m always on your side.”
                  “Fucking right.”
     
    Jace
                  I decided to put my pent up energy to good use by getting some chores done around the farm. It had been a day since Kenzie moved to town but it felt like more to me. Even though we hadn't been the best of friends lately, she had always been close by where I could see her, where I knew she had everything she needed. I felt restless without her around, like something was missing.
                  Probably because she was.
                  Thankfully she was coming to Sunday dinner tonight otherwise I probably would have found myself knocking on her door looking a lot like the pathetic head case I was. Checking the time, I headed back to my house to grab a shower before I had to report over to my aunt’s to be on time for dinner. When I jogged up my steps I kept my head down, cursing because I didn't have a hairband to keep my hair out of my eyes.
                  Another thing Kenzie had taken with her.
                  I showered in record time anxious to get over to my aunt’s if for no other reason than I hadn't eaten since breakfast. As I was walking across the yard I heard a car pulling into the driveway and stopped in my tracks, frowning when I saw Garret’s familiar blue truck. 
                  Pulling to a stop, my cousin climbed out of the car and jogged over to me with a shit eating grin on his face. He looked a lot less run down then when I had last seen him. I knew he had been stressing about something for a while now, but despite the constant badgering the twins, Declan and I did, we couldn't get him to talk about what it was. Aunt Lorraine said he would tell us when he was ready, whatever that was supposed to mean.
                  “Hey man,” he said coming up behind me and clapping me on the back. I grunted at the force of it and shrugged his hand off of my shoulder.
                  “Where you been?” I asked suspiciously.
                  “I had a date that went really, really well,” he answered with a wink as he walked up the porch steps. “How’s everything around here?”
                  “Fine,” I answered shortly, already feeling annoyed with my cousin. If he was talking about having a really good date with Kenzie he was a dead man.
                  Garret gave me a funny look but continued on like I hadn't spoken. “I was in the neighborhood and offered to pick up Kenzie but she said she was going to drive herself.” He reached forward to open the front door and before I realized what I was doing I had slammed it shut again. I pushed hard