Avery P.O.V.

I heard Matthew yelling at me. When I got around the corner, I ran smack into a hard object, but that was when I heard the object groan. Huh, how can an object have groaned?

I looked up and saw Elijah and Jake right beside him, staring at me with a worried expression. I sighed and let out a breath. I didn't know I was holding, and I let out.

I didn't know what I did, but I put my arms around them and started crying in their arms. I didn't care; I was hugging ...