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Chapter 64 - Cove Rave Part 1

"Not putting in effort, huh?" Jared teased as I stepped out of the house. 

"I didn't!" I skipped down the steps to his jeep and spun around, crossing my arms. "This is what I would always wear to a party."

I glanced down at my red mini summer dress and white vans. This was totally what I would normally wear. 

Jared pursed his lips in an attempt to hide his disbelief and unlocked the jeep for both of us to get in. 

"Whatever you say, sis."

I rode in silence next to my brother as he kept turning the radio to find something he actually liked. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see him glancing at me. After five straight minutes of him awkwardly looking at me, I sighed. 

"Jared, just say whatever it is you want, this is getting weird."

"Okay, look," he licked his lips and sat back into his seat and pulled away from a light that turned green. "Did you really like Jesse?"

My chest tightened and I'm sure it was visibly written on my face how uncomfortable this topic made me. 

"Jar, do we really have to talk about this?"

"Yes, because I feel like there's this unspoken thing where I have to choose between the two of you."

Shocked, I turned to face him. "What? Of course not."

He shrugged. "Things feel weird, that's all."

With a sigh, I sat back in my seat and crossed my arms. "The whole thing was weird, you know that."

He glanced at me, chewing his lip. "It's not my place to say, but you should know he would do anything for you."

I watched the night surfers as we drove past and thought back to the summer with Jesse. "Yeah," I murmured. "That's what best friends do."

"No, not like this." The song changed to a new Post Malone single. We were almost there and suddenly Jared turned the song down to a soft background level. "Al, Jesse would literally do anything for you. I don't think you hear what I'm saying."

I turned to him, somewhat understanding what he meant. But, Cheeto.

"I don't know what happened between you two, but before any of this, we're family." Jared slowed down and turned onto the winding road that would lead us down to the cove. "All I'm saying is, there's no way in hell he will ever let you go. Not on a foundational level at least."

"I don't know Jar, I think he might have," I reluctantly admit.

Jared let out a sharp laugh. "Trust me, he hasn't."

We pulled into the parking lot and when he turned the jeep off, he faced me. 

"Try to have fun tonight. It's your last Cape party for awhile."

I smiled at him and nodded. "Yeah," I whispered. 

...

"What's. Up. Bitch!" Lissa yelled as Jared and I took the stairs down into the little hidden cove that was currently lit up like a rave. 

"Holy hell, who is throwing this?" Jared breathed as we took in the biggest party we've probably ever seen here. 

"Hey!" She yelled over the loud music and hugged Jared and I together. "Isn't this insane?"

Demi pushed through the crowd and settled into Jared's open arms. I smiled at the two of them knowing that those two might actually beat the odds.