Libby looked away and glanced over to me. I shook my head. Maegan was egging Libby on, and we all knew it.
Libby stood up and looked directly at Maegan. “You know what, Maegan? Why don’t you just go find some guy to fuck, so you can get out of the bitch mood you’ve been in for the last few months? You said yourself that you wanted a good fuck, so go find it.”
Maegan’s mouth dropped open as she stared at Libby.
“Who needs a good fuck?”
Oh great.
Luke came walking up, and the Cheshire Cat grin spreading across Maegan’s face turned my stomach. I loved Meagan like a sister, but this thing with Luke and Libby was starting to drive a wedge between all of us.
I was expecting Maegan to make a smart-ass remark to Luke, so when it was Libby who opened her mouth, I about fainted.
“Maegan does. You’re so good at it, Luke. Why don’t you help her out?”
“Libby!” Taylor and Grace said at the same time.
Maegan began laughing. Lauren and I looked at each other and then jumped up. Maegan walked up to Luke and wrapped her arms around his neck. Libby turned and started heading toward Will’s truck.
“Libby, hold up,” Lauren called out as she ran after Libby.
I began to follow them.
“Get your paws off my brother, Maegan, and stop acting like a tramp. This is not you, so stop acting like it is,” Grace said.
“Grace! Oh my gosh. Y’all just stop this now,” Taylor said.
I turned back to see Luke pulling Maegan’s arms off of him. He started following us, and I quickly picked up my pace to warn Libby that Luke was coming. I was sure he was pissed at her comment.
“Uh…Lib? Libby!” I shouted.
“Not now, Alex. I don’t feel like talking.”
Luke jogged by me and stopped next to Libby. He grabbed her arm. “We need to talk—now.”
I walked right into the back of Lauren as I watched Luke pulling Libby away from us.
“Shit. You don’t think he’ll do anything, do you?” Lauren asked.
“No! Gesh, Lauren, you know better than that.”
“I know, but the last couple of months, the two of them have been at each other nonstop. Now, they’re pretty much avoiding each other, and with Libby going off and saying what she just said…”
I shook my head. “I think they need to talk. Things need to go back to normal.”
Luke stopped and let go of Libby, and she turned her back to him.
Lauren let out a gruff laugh. “Things will never be normal again, Alex.”
I turned and looked at her. “What do you mean?”
“Alex, come on. I know you and Will are happy and all, but you have to see how the rest of us are all drifting apart. Luke never does anything if he thinks Libby will be there—or worse yet, if Jason and Libby are both there. Colt hasn’t talked to me in over a month.”
“That was your doing, Lauren.”
She shrugged her shoulders. “I guess so, but still. We all used to be so close, Alex. Maegan is acting like some sex-craved nutcase. Grace is dating the biggest dick on the planet, and somehow, she is the only one who doesn’t see it. Taylor is burying herself in schoolwork and has no life whatsoever. Things are not the same. Y’all are leaving in a few weeks for college, and well…”
I saw the tears building in her eyes, and my heart broke.