AJ had woken up and went looking for Alissa. When he went down to the kitchen, he saw Alissa and Brooke talking outside and went to open the slider. He stopped the minute he heard what they were talking about. He listened while Alissa told Brooke what Adam had said to her. I should have killed him, he said to himself. He was going to head out to the girls when Alissa asked Brooke what would happen if he felt the same way. He closed the door and decided to wait up in Alissa’s room for her to come back.

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Alissa went back up to her room a few minutes later and found AJ lying on the bed.

“Hey, sorry I left. I just couldn’t sleep.” she said lying down next to him.

“That’s alright. My snoring was probably driving you nuts.” AJ said with a smile.  “I was thinking that we still haven’t been able to finish that walk and I hoping that maybe we could do that today. Are you up for it?”

“I would love to.” Alissa said. “Let me just shower and change and I’ll meet you downstairs ok.”

“Sure. Don’t take too long.” AJ said and kissed her on her forehead.