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on her knees.
    “Madison? Are you ok?” Carter asked as he put his arm around her. Before Madison closed her eyes and blacked out she saw Alicia running towards her.
    She wasn’t sure how much time had passed when she started to open her eyes again. She laid on top of a hard surface but not sure where she was. She could hear Carter in the background as she blinked a few times.
    She softly whispered. “What happened?”
    “You passed out, Maddy. Are you ok?” Carter said grabbing her hand.
    As she opened her eyes again, she could see Alicia standing next to Carter and she tried to sit up.
    “Wait Maddy. Are you sure you are ok?”
    “Yes, I just need to get some fresh air,” Madison said as she quickly realized that she was laying on one of the tables.
    “I will take a walk with you,” Carter said as he reached for her.
    Madison saw Hunter as he rushed to her side and looked at her. “I can take her, Carter.”
    Madison shook her head as she glanced at Hunter. “I would like to speak with Carter if that is that ok?”
    Hunter nodded. “Of course it is.”
    Carter led her outside and started to walk down the sidewalk. Madison explained, “I can’t accept your gift, Carter.”
    He frowned at her and sighed, “Why not? It was because of me that our parents didn’t give you the option to go to college and I want to make that right.”
    Madison stopped in her tracks as her head began to hurt again. “Carter, I love you. Yes, I had a crappy childhood and missed out on everything that was important to a teenage girl but it’s not your responsibility to make things right. It’s our parents who didn’t give me a chance at anything. They had a choice and they chose to give everything to you and give me nothing. It took me years to come to the conclusion that it was their fault. I can’t blame you for something that you didn’t have any control with.”
    Carter reached for her arm and stopped her. “I have to be honest. Before I met Alicia, I lived in a world that revolved around me. I had blinders on and I didn’t care who got hurt just as long as I got my way. I blame our parents for that, Maddy. Because they did everything for me, I was just used to getting my way. When it wouldn’t go my way, I would turn into this horrid person who no one wanted to be around. Alicia was the first person who I allowed in and she helped me realize how life should be lived.”
    Madison smiled at him. “I saw the change in you right away after you found her. I’m grateful for her because she gave us a relationship but Carter, I don’t want you to feel like you owe me something. This is why I never wanted to tell you that I thought about going to college. I really blame this all on Hunter.”
    Carter sighed. “Please don’t be mad at him. We talked about what we should get you for your birthday and he mentioned your thoughts on school. I told Alicia that it was something that I could do for you. She told me that you may act negatively towards it but I didn’t care. Maddy, I wanted to give this to you.”
    Madison started to cry when she saw the joy spread across her brother’s face. He wanted to make things right between them and this was the way he saw that he could do that. “I won’t tell you yes for sure. Not yet. I still need time to work things out in my mind and I don’t know what my future holds. But, I won’t say no either.”
    Carter smiled from ear to ear. “I will accept that answer. Maddy, please don’t be mad at Hunter for telling me. He really likes you and I’m sure he will feel horrible when he finds out that’s why you were upset.”
    Madison shook her head. “It’s ok, I will talk with him. I know he was just trying to help.”
    They headed back inside of the ice rink as Hunter greeted them at the door.
    “I’m going to go find Alicia. I will talk to you guys later,” Carter said as he patted Hunter on the back and headed back towards the tables.
    “You are upset because I told him about