But even though she’d lived away from the Bay Area for a long time now, it was still home, in the way New York had never been and L.A. wasn’t yet. Her whole family was here, and even though her mom drove her up the wall half the time, the rest of the time her mom was making her crack up, cooking her favorite foods, or bragging about her. And she always had fun with her sister.

That was probably why she’d finally said yes to Max. After all, Olivia had barely seen her sister since she’d moved back to California.

At first she hadn’t told Alexa about Max because she knew Alexa would have a lot of questions, and Olivia knew she didn’t have the answers. Plus, she didn’t want to get her sister all excited for nothing, and she knew Alexa would be excited about this. But if Olivia was going to stay with Max in his hotel room this weekend, and not in her sister’s guest room, she would definitely have to tell Alexa about him.

Just then, Alexa pulled up in front of her. She jumped out of her car and grinned at Olivia.

“Is that all you brought for the whole weekend?”

Olivia pulled her little sister into an enormous hug.

“It’s a deceptively large bag—looks like a briefcase, but I can fit a weekend’s worth of clothes in it. Plus, I know if I buy anything and need to bring it back, I can steal one of your many tote bags.”

They smiled at each other as Olivia tossed her bag into the back seat of Alexa’s car.

“Good to have you home. I’m a terrible little sister for not coming down to visit you yet—just give me the best weekend to come and I’m there.”

Olivia relaxed into the front seat of the car.

“You’re not terrible, but we’ll sit down with our calendars while I’m here and figure out a time. I’m just glad you were free this weekend for this last-minute visit.”

Alexa glanced at her as they drove out of the airport.

“Speaking of, that was unlike you. I’ve never known you to do a last-minute anything, unless it was for someone else, whether it’s a celebration or some sort of a crisis.” She raised her eyebrows. “What friend are you in town for this weekend?”

Damn her sister for knowing her too well.

“Um. So, actually … it’s not exactly … there’s something …”

Damn it, why was she struggling with this so much?

Alexa laughed.

“See, I knew it. What is it?”

Olivia took a deep breath.

“I’m dating someone. He’s in town this weekend for … work, so I thought I’d kill two birds with one stone and get to see you and him, too.”

Alexa squealed, just as Olivia knew she would.