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  Kevan stood in the living room waiting for the rest of the girls. Brennan had left with Gerald about 10 minutes earlier. It had been all she could do to stop Kaitlyn from making snoring sounds while he waited for Brennan to finish getting ready.

  “Come on you guys, our ride is here!” Kevan shouted, smiling when she heard the crash of feet on the ceiling overhead. Just about everyone was up for the night out. Eve had to work, and Aiden had tried to say she had things to do, but no one listened. If they didn’t push Aiden to do things outside her comfort zone, she’d only leave the house to go to work. Myrna had to threaten her to get her to come with them.

  Kevan knew they were going to have to do something about Aiden’s shyness, the cutting herself off from the outside world. They had all thought it would get better, but lately it seemed to be getting worse.

  Kaitlyn jumped down the last two steps, landing right in front of Kevan, “So, we ready for this or what?”

  “Oh, I so need this,” Kevan told her. “I need something to get my mind off him.”

  “Still, huh?” Kaitlyn laughed. “Damn, I wish I had seen this guy, he sounds really hot.”

  “Hot doesn’t even cover it - I’ve never even talked to him! Girl, if I knew where he lived, I think I would be stalking him. I don’t like this feeling.”

  Kaitlyn rolled her eyes at her sister, “Well, at least you have a fantasy man. Look at me, I have nothing.”

  “Yeah, well, you need to crawl out from under your research long enough to meet someone in order to have a fantasy man,” Kevan teased.

  “Not really, I’ve got a hell of an imagination, thank you. I usually don’t need to have reality in my head in order to make some of my fantasies come true - well as true as you can with a …” She stopped when the rest came racing down the stairs, with a very reluctant Aiden bringing up the rear.

  “We ready?” Kevan asked.

  “Let’s party!” Raven shouted, throwing up her arms, giving the devil symbol as she let out a scream. They poured out of the house, and into the waiting cab.