After a while, I couldn’t help laughing too. “So what do we do now?” she asked once we stopped laughing. “I heard Maddie is throwing a party at her house. Should we go?” “What a wonderful idea. Maddie’s party is the perfect place to celebrate our renewed friendship,” I said with more than a little sarcasm. “Oh... I didn’t mean it like that. Sorry.” “Come on, it’s fine. Let’s go to the party.” ♡ ♡ ♡ Showing up at Maddie’s party with Cassie clinging to my left arm was more than enough to make every head turn in our direction. It was as if God and Satan himself had just walked through the door hand in hand. Lisa, Marisa, Chad, Maddie, and even Nate stared at us in complete disbelief. Their expressions said it all. “Seriously, why is everyone so surprised?” Cassie complained. “Becau

