Chapter Five
Jake
I barely remember what happened yesterday. I feel like we all sat around the house and didn’t do much else, and I suspect that’s exactly what we did.
Tom, Dylan and Mal talked about Poppy, about silly things she did, pranks she used to pull, who she was as a person, and I feel like I know so much about a girl I’ve never met, almost like I’d actually been there with them. But more than what they told me about Poppy, it was what those stories revealed about the guys that really made me feel like I got to know her. Like the way that Mal and Poppy loved to get into trouble together, or how Tom loved the silly streak in her, but also that she made him feel loved, and that Dylan loved her because they were great at verbally sparring.
I got to know so much about the guys, ab
