I set out to show Julian what having a real girlfriend should be like as soon as I could, so early the next morning, I dressed in my cutest sundress and showed up to his door with a basket of fresh bread I plucked straight from the kitchen. It was still warm.
I knocked on his door. Brian opened it, and his eye twitched in what I assumed was surprise. It was the most emotion I had ever seen out of him.
“Is Julian awake yet?” I asked.
“He’s getting dressed,” Brian said. Before I could ask to come in, Brian stepped back and let me inside the room.
I stood just inside the door in Julian’s sitting room. Brian glanced at me again, before disappearing into what must have been the bedroom. A moment later, Julian himself came bursting out.
“Piper? To what do I owe the pleasure?”
I held out t
