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seaside barbecues, birthday parties, movies under the stars in their backyards, and all the wonderful times they’d spent together.
    She hugged her back hard and smiled; those had been some of the best days of her young life.
    “Right, boys? Isn’t she beautiful?” She looked directly at Julian as she said it.
    Elisa’s pulse pounded hard in the back of her throat when Julian’s sea-green stare turned to her.
    From the corner of her eye she could see Christian and Roman nod. Julian never answered; instead he stood, shoved his hands into his pockets, and walked toward the front door.
    Mrs. Wright’s smile wavered just slightly. “Anyway, it’s really good to see you guys again.”
    “You too, Mrs. Wright.”
    “Call me, Lori,” she said and patted Elisa’s cheek. “I think you’re old enough now.”
    And just like they always seemed to do, the Wrights walked away from her again. But this time they were back, and for Elisa it was like something in her world had changed forever.

Chapter 4
    “Hey!” A loud male voice caused Elisa and Chastity to turn in the crowded hallway. It was Roman. With his stylish jeans and funky turquoise blue and orange chuck sneakers on, he was hard to miss.
    It’d only been two weeks since the boy’s return, and Elisa’s thoughts had been proven correct. Christian and Roman, regardless of the fact that they were only sophomores, were already the big men on campus.
    Girl’s heads swiveled on their necks whenever the boys walked past. Jocks would high-five the brash soccer duo. Roman fist-bumped the varsity team’s longhaired goalie as he sailed past to reach her side.
    “Roman?” Her lips twitched when Chastity’s brow rose. She was probably one of the few girls at school who hadn’t fallen under their spell. “What’s up?”
    He shrugged. “Nuthin’. Waiting for Christian to get out of Mr. Speller’s class. Saw you, decided to grace you with my presence.” His grin was all teeth.
    She rolled her eyes. “Gah, anyone ever tell you you’re cocky?”
    “Nope.” He scratched the back of his head as his eyes twinkled. “Never. Anyway, where you going?”
    “Chas and I are going to lunch. You want to join us?”
    He frowned and stopped at his set of lockers, resting his back against it. “Can’t, we don’t get lunch for another forty minutes. You coming to our match tonight?”
    “I think it’s ridiculous to have a match on a Wednesday.” Chastity sniffed, curling her nose up at him. “Not a chance in hell I’m going.”
    She might dress like a goth princess, but her friend was obsessed with her grades. The only way she’d make it to college was by winning a scholarship; her GPA was something she took very seriously because of that.
    “Good, ‘cause I don’t recall asking you.” Roman gave her a little snarling grin.
    Shaking her head, Elisa sighed. “If I didn’t know better, I’d swear you guys were flirting.”
    “What?” Chastity smacked her on the shoulder and cocked a hip. “You do know the boy’s jailbait, right?”
    Roman stuck out his tongue and wiggled his brows. “Methinks the lady doth protest too much.”
    Flashing him the finger, Chastity rolled her eyes. “Suck my—”
    “Now children.” Elisa shook her head, slapping Chas’s finger away. “Play nice. And of course I’ll be there, Rome. You know I will.”
    “Sweet.” Giving her a playful hip bump, he turned and spun the dial on his locker, opening it quickly to take out more books. “See you then. It’s at five, don’t forget it, lame ass.”
    “Oh jeez,” Elisa sighed and shook her head as she and Chas headed for the cafeteria.
    “I cannot believe you are friends with those boys, bunch of arrogant assholes.” Chastity gave Roman one final withering glare over her shoulder before turning back around.
    “Nah.” She shrugged. “They’re not so bad.”
    Which was true. The past two weeks Elisa had gotten to hang out with the Wrights a lot. Mostly because her mom kept