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Chapter 1

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“I heard he’s a total dick Is it weird that I’irl nibbles on the tip of her pen as she chats up her friend Her long leg is crossed over the other, foot bouncing

“Is it weird that you’re turned on by that?” her friend spits her question back at her with a side of sass “No I saw the guys you hooked up with last fall You have a type and that type is shameless asshole”

A to tune them out

It wasn’t all that long ago that I was in their position; a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed freshman surrounded by a plethora of hot co-eds But Ipropositioned repeatedly by horny drunks and pursued by an io), that I’d remain focused on my studies

Sure I’ve had a boyfriend or two along the way, but hooking up for the sake of hooking up isn’t irls who can rock that walk of shame like no one’s business, racoon eyes and sex hair and a satisfied flush on their rosy cheeks

Yanking , I flip to the first page before readyingin an ocean of open MacBook Airs with glea retina displays, I prefer to take notes the old-fashioned way Swi

I scan the room of baby-faced Pacific Valley University freshmen and check the clock Three more minutes until class starts Last seeneral elective to satisfy ave ic

It was a no-brainer for me

People have always fascinated me, especially when observed froet more distant than a couple hundred centuries or tens of thousands of years

In the front of the lecture hall, a silver-haired professor in a kitschy Hawaiian shirt and wrinkled cargo shorts irls discuss weekend party plans as their overpowering perfu to breathe

Ts up, a couple of scrawny guys are hitting on a lilac-haired wallfloho clearly wants nothing to do with them She has my full sympathies, and I’d intervene if I were closer

Oh, freshmen

Out of nowhere a second later, a cru ata couple of guys at the end of the row hiding their snickering faces

Four more months and I’ll be out of here forever