Not that it made so much as a dent in Drew’s ego. He just shrugged. “I guess it would be kind of good to get away. Then, when I get back, the party starts all over again.”
Rachel sighed. There wasn’t any point even trying when it came to her twin brother, some days. “Yes, sure. Just finish getting ready, would you?”
“I am ready,” Drew insisted. He took another look at Rachel’s phone, then passed it back to her. “You know, it’s going to be good seeing Summer’s Aunt Sookie again. And that beach house of hers.”
“And Summer?” Nat added, obviously trying to stir things up between them.
Drew shrugged. “It’s going to be a great vacation any way you look at it.”
Rachel headed back to her room, looking for her bag and leaving her brothers behind. Right then, she was kind of thinking that the whole vacation might go a little better if she found a way to abandon them at the airport. It was probably the only way she was going to get any peace, for one thing. But it was too late for that kind of thinking. They were all going, and Drew was right about one thing. It would be good to see the old place again.
It would be good to see lots of things. Rachel took another look at the photo Summer had sent her. They’d stayed in touch online, but she hadn’t seen her friend face to face since they were both thirteen. Summer was her dearest friend, and she was happy to be seeing her again. She also hoped that Drew would listen to her warnings, because from what she remembered, Summer was fun, and different, and exciting, but also maybe a little too fragile to be treated the way Drew treated girls. She was embarrassed that Drew was the type of walking one-night stand guy their mom had warned her about.
“I hope you know what you’re letting yourself in for,” Rachel said to the photo, but then shook her head. Summer had always had a crush on Nat, though, ever since she was five years old. No one, no boy had ever been able to shake her out of her crush on Nat, so at least that was a good thing about Drew.
Rachel was looking forward to getting out of the dreary grey San Francisco weather and into sunny Malibu. Aunt Sookie’s Malibu pad had always been magical. It was where they can be anyone or anything they wanted. And at this moment, in the Donovans’ lives, they wanted to be anywhere other than here.
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