me. “Don’t you know that’s like, an unwritten rule? When you lose your virginity, you tell your best friend. Pretty much right after it happens, actually. Do you not consider me your best friend?” Hurt flashed across her eyes. This was probably the one time I didn’t mind Hannah trying to turn something into her problem. I would very gladly let her have all of it.
“Of course you’re my best friend, Hannah. You’re my best friend and my sister and I love you to death. But I didn’t exactly plan on it happening, and I just didn’t really know how to broach the subject.”
“You say, ‘Hey Hannah, guess what! Adam and I hit a home run!’ I would have gotten the gist. You could have even just walked into our room one day and been like, ‘Adam and I f-’”
“Hannah! I get it,” I interrupted her, shaking my head. “I should have told you the second it happened, and I’m sorry. It was just kind of embarrassing, I guess, because I didn’t plan it, and it was so early in our relationship…”
“Early?” She repeated. “How early are we talking?”
“July,” I sighed, watching as her jade green eyes grew even wider.
“July?” She repeated. “Wow, Lainey. You move fast.”
I frowned at her. “It was the end of July,” I protested. “We were together for more than a month. And it just happened.”
“You were with Scott for almost a year and I don’t even think you two had your first kiss yet!” She threw herself back on the bed, staring at the ceiling. “And everyone thinks I’m the wild one in the family.”
I readjusted my ponytail, feeling like I needed to find something to do with my hands. Hannah sat back up suddenly, nearly knocking me from the bed.
“You didn’t get pregnant that time, did you? Oh my God, you’re not going to have the baby in like, two months or something, are you?”
“No, Hannah, it wasn’t that time. It’s happened since.”
“A lot?”
“I don’t think I have to answer that.”
Hannah made a face at me. “You obviously don’t think you have to answer a lot of things,” she said huffily, jumping from the bed and stomping around the room, gathering together an outfit and angrily getting dressed. She looked like she was about to say something else when someone knocked twice on our bedroom door, and then opened it.
“Girls, Adam and Nolan are here,” Nora said, poking her head through. She immediately frowned. “What on earth happened in here?”
I glanced around the room and realized it was actually a lot messier that I’d originally thought.
“I couldn’t decide what to wear; do you have a problem with that?” Hannah snapped, storming past me and swinging the door the rest of the way open. Nora clenched her jaw.
“Don’t you dare speak to me that way, young lady. You don’t have to go out tonight, you know. I can go right downstairs and tell Nolan you’re grounded, and you can spend your Friday night cleaning not just this room, but some of the empty guest rooms.”
“Fine. Sorry!” Hannah exclaimed, shoving past her. I heard her footsteps disappear down the stairs, then a pause, and she was back.
“Can you tell them we’ll be right down? I forgot something.” Nora studied her for a moment before nodding.
“Alright. But you need to get that attitude in check, Hannah Grace Gordon. I do not appreciate it.” She left and Hannah rolled her eyes at the open door.
“What is wrong with you?” I
“Of course you’re my best friend, Hannah. You’re my best friend and my sister and I love you to death. But I didn’t exactly plan on it happening, and I just didn’t really know how to broach the subject.”
“You say, ‘Hey Hannah, guess what! Adam and I hit a home run!’ I would have gotten the gist. You could have even just walked into our room one day and been like, ‘Adam and I f-’”
“Hannah! I get it,” I interrupted her, shaking my head. “I should have told you the second it happened, and I’m sorry. It was just kind of embarrassing, I guess, because I didn’t plan it, and it was so early in our relationship…”
“Early?” She repeated. “How early are we talking?”
“July,” I sighed, watching as her jade green eyes grew even wider.
“July?” She repeated. “Wow, Lainey. You move fast.”
I frowned at her. “It was the end of July,” I protested. “We were together for more than a month. And it just happened.”
“You were with Scott for almost a year and I don’t even think you two had your first kiss yet!” She threw herself back on the bed, staring at the ceiling. “And everyone thinks I’m the wild one in the family.”
I readjusted my ponytail, feeling like I needed to find something to do with my hands. Hannah sat back up suddenly, nearly knocking me from the bed.
“You didn’t get pregnant that time, did you? Oh my God, you’re not going to have the baby in like, two months or something, are you?”
“No, Hannah, it wasn’t that time. It’s happened since.”
“A lot?”
“I don’t think I have to answer that.”
Hannah made a face at me. “You obviously don’t think you have to answer a lot of things,” she said huffily, jumping from the bed and stomping around the room, gathering together an outfit and angrily getting dressed. She looked like she was about to say something else when someone knocked twice on our bedroom door, and then opened it.
“Girls, Adam and Nolan are here,” Nora said, poking her head through. She immediately frowned. “What on earth happened in here?”
I glanced around the room and realized it was actually a lot messier that I’d originally thought.
“I couldn’t decide what to wear; do you have a problem with that?” Hannah snapped, storming past me and swinging the door the rest of the way open. Nora clenched her jaw.
“Don’t you dare speak to me that way, young lady. You don’t have to go out tonight, you know. I can go right downstairs and tell Nolan you’re grounded, and you can spend your Friday night cleaning not just this room, but some of the empty guest rooms.”
“Fine. Sorry!” Hannah exclaimed, shoving past her. I heard her footsteps disappear down the stairs, then a pause, and she was back.
“Can you tell them we’ll be right down? I forgot something.” Nora studied her for a moment before nodding.
“Alright. But you need to get that attitude in check, Hannah Grace Gordon. I do not appreciate it.” She left and Hannah rolled her eyes at the open door.
“What is wrong with you?” I
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