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hotel, he glanced back into his rearview mirror; Carly sat in her car looking down at her phone. He wished he didn’t feel that heavy rock of guilt settle in his stomach.

 
     
     
     
    Chapter 7
    Carly
     
    Carly stared at Bree’s number. She wanted to call her and tell her. She probably would have right away if it wasn’t for the baby. Now how could she tell her when Parker was gone?
    Her door swung open and bounced off the wall with a loud crack. She jumped, nearly losing her phone.
    “Hudson!” she shrieked.
    Hudson sauntered into her room and waved an envelope in the air, “Your final report card.”
    Her eyes widened and she jumped off the bed. Hudson dangled the mail just high enough she couldn’t reach it even hopping on her tiptoes.
    “Almost had it,” he chuckled. “Don’t figure you want mom and dad to see.”
    “Mom and dad already know,” she snipped back. Unless she aced her finals—which she knew didn’t happen—summer school was in her near future.
    He continued into her room, touching the plum fabric she had slung over her walls and the picture frame she had with a photo of her and Bree before he finally planted himself in the white desk chair. Turning it backwards he straddled it like they were close and he was going to stick around for a good ole’ fashion sibling heart-to-heart.
    “Give me my mail.” She stomped behind him.
    He lifted an eyebrow and looked down at it, “Awe, but its addressed to The Parents of Carly Ley , so it’s not your mail. It’s mom and dad’s.” 
    “How long until you leave for college again?” She reached around him. He made her stretch as far as she could before she was able to snatch it from his hand. Of course he found this funny and his loud, annoying laugh filled her room.
    “Get out!” She shuffled to her bed and shot her finger toward the door.
    “I’m bored.” He sighed and tilted forward, so that two feet of the chair came up off the ground. “Let’s see that report card. See, I was thinking the number of failing grades you get,” he cupped his chin like he was in deep thought, “… I’m going to have that many shots tonight.”
    “Well, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but the amount of courses that I had won’t be enough to get you drunk.”
    He reached for the phone in the middle of her bed and she hurried to pull it out of his reach. “Who you textin’, Bree or Khloe?”
    “Get out!”
    He chuckled and stood. “Khloe got hot.”
    “Just go.”
    He reached over and pushed on the side of her head, nearly knocking her over in the process. Carly righted herself and began to rise off the bed to retaliate, but he was already making his way out. Brothers—even at eighteen, an age he was supposed to be an adult. He still acted like a little kid.
    Carly lifted the white envelope with the little silver and black crest in the corner addressed to The Parents of Carly Ley.
    She didn’t understand why the school even bothered sending it. They all already knew she failed. Unfortunately, she hadn’t followed through with her plan to bring her grades up. It wasn’t like her parents paid attention either. 
    Why she ripped open the letter and read the words confirming her failure, was a mystery to her.
    Algebra 1          F
    History               F
    General Science F
    English 10         C
    At least she had one passing grade. She didn’t even go onto her electives.  The math, history, and Science were enough to gain her summer school admittance.
    She could take comfort in knowing that she didn’t have a friend to hang out with this summer anyway, Bree was busy with her baby.
    There was a bang on her door. “How many F’s?” Hudson shouted from the other side.
    “Shut up!” She shouted over her shoulder.
     
    *****
     
    Carly felt like something was missing without having Bree with her constantly.  Last summer, they were inseparable, going to the lake, staying up late watching movies and texting guys