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thirty one

Hallie's POV:

"Hallie Parker!! Damn girl look at you!" Logan screamed, as he quite literally picked me up and hugged me, might I add, "I have missed you so much."

"I missed you too Logan." I got out as he put my down on my feet.

The next thing I knew, Cody and Tom came through my front door and I immediately ran over to them, wrapping my arms around their necks.

"Hal! It's been way too long!" Cody was the first the speak up, and when I pulled away he gave me a once over, "Looking beautiful as always too."

Maggie came over to us just as the words left his mouth, "Cody, don't get any ideas. Hal is a taken woman now, so get your claws off of her."

I scoffed at her words, and he opened his mouth again as he wrapped an arm around me, "Hey, I can't help it. She'll always be my Hal in the end."

Yeah, definitely forgot to mention that Cody is a literal flirt, so Rafe is gonna be in for a treat.  I knew Cody didn't mean any harm, but considering our past, it's a little hard for anyone to think that, especially when they see how he treats me.

"In your dreams Cody." I rolled my eyes, "You better behave when my boyfriend gets here."

He pulled me closer to him, "You know I can't make that promise sweetheart."

"Mags control your brother!" I yelled out as he tried to kiss the side of my hair.

"Cody! Leave Hal alone!"

He let me go immediately, thankfully, "Geez."

I moved away from the boy after that, not able to handle all of his banter, and went into the kitchen where Tom was.  I wrapped my arm around him, and he returned my action before speaking up.

"Missed you Hal, I'm so sorry about your mom. I wish we could have been here, but I'm glad that Em and Mags could come."

I smiled, "Thanks Tom, me too. I'm glad you guys are here now, it's really been a hot minute too long."

"You know we wouldn't miss the party." He laughed, "Especially Cody, he wouldn't shut up the whole drive here about how excited he was."

I laughed too, "Not surprising."

We both made our way into the living room, where everyone else sat, after that.  I took a seat next to Mags and Logan, and watched as Cody immediately got up, coming over to my side.

He was so clingy and I already knew Rafe was going to have a problem with it.

Logan spoke up first, "Okay, update us about everything before we get started. Gotta have all the details Hal."

I scoffed but continued to just fill everyone in about my life.  As I talked about everything, and watched how the boys listened intently to what I had been up to, I couldn't deny that I missed this.  This was my family honestly, and it was sad that I was so far away from them right now.  Although, in a few months I would be back in Charleston, and everyone would be close again.

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We had dove into the liquor about an hour into 'catching up'. I had been sipping on my drink as we talked though, trying to not drown myself in the alcohol, so I could actually hold a coherent conversation.  Although, I could tell that everyone was starting to feel the effects as the evening progressed. A couple of hours later, Rafe finally called me, making sure we were here, and I told him to come over.