I decided to stay the night at Amber’s. I was tired and didn’t feel like riding my skateboard home, so I simply called my mom and told her I was staying at Amber's. I was lying on the end of Amber’s bed, watching YouTube on my phone when I felt a tap on my foot. I looked up to see Amber signaling me to take my AirPods out.

"What's up?" I said, sitting up on the bed.

"Are you sure you’re okay with me dating Marcus?" she asked, biting her nails.

"Yes, I don’t care about that child anymore," I said, then paused. "But Amber, do me a favor."

She looked at me, still biting her nails. "Yeah, what is it?"

"Don’t let that mothertrucker lay a hand on you, okay?" I said, my tone serious.

"I won’t, I promise," she said, looking at me with a small smile. I just nodded and looked back at my phone.

"Luna," Amber called.

I looked up from my phone again. "Yeah?"

"I think my cousin likes you," she said with a wide smile.

"What? Who?" I said, completely interested.

"Henry," she said, smirking.

"Oh, you little..." I said, and then she got up and started running around, with me chasing her around the room. She tripped over a basket and fell on her butt. I laughed my butt off when someone opened her bedroom door. We both looked over to see who it was, but I was still laughing. It was her mom.

"Hey girls, Amber, someone’s here for you," her mom said, smiling at Amber and then looking at me with a sweet smile. Amber walked out of the room to go downstairs and see who it was.

"So honey, I heard you like my nephew," Amber's mom said, which caught me completely off guard. I busted my butt as I tried to sit up, and at that same moment, I saw Amber walking back in the room, laughing her butt off because she saw me fall.

"Hey, hush!" I said, throwing a pillow at her head.

Just then, Seth walked into the room.

"Oh, um, Luna, Marcus is going to stay the night," Amber said, playing with her fingers, while I noticed Marcus’s cocky smirk. Ugh, I hated that face, but I put on a fake smile.

"Okay," I said, giving him an emotionless look. I glanced at him and added, "Your ass is sleeping on the floor."

Amber started laughing, and so did Marcus.

"Yeah, I know," Seth said, grabbing a blanket and a pillow, setting them on the floor.

I got up, hopped onto the bed, and lay down.

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At Midnight

Amber was fast asleep, and I was still watching videos on my phone when I felt a tap. I looked up and saw Seth.

"What?" I said, looking at him.

"Um, can we talk?" he asked, and I just rolled my eyes.

"Yeah," I said coldly.

He sat up on the floor so he could see me better. I just folded my arms, waiting for the trash can to speak. He looked down at the floor and then back up at me.

"I’m sorry for how I used to treat you. I was a j—" he started, but I cut him off.

"A jackass," I said, still looking at him with my cold attitude.

"I was going to say jerk, but that works too," he said with a slight laugh.

I laughed a little but quickly returned to my cold attitude. I lay back down on the bed, closed my eyes, and fell asleep fast.