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I pinched the bridge of e from mine

“You ran on the highway, in the dark, and your father didn’t care?” I asked for clarification

She sighed “Yes”

“What the fuck, Ashe?!” I growled, throwinglike that?”

She narrowed her eyes

“It’s not like I wanted to do that,” she countered “It was that or go back hoo back home because we have that test today in calculus The one that we stayed up for hours studying for”

“Wait a minute,” Linnett said slowly “You studied with her instead of co?”

Linnett was getting mad now, I could tell

I ignored her and held out my hands

“Give et Linnett to drive it back,” I said

“I’ anywhere with you,” Linnett denied “Not after you lied to me and told me that you were too busy to come study with me”

Ashe turned her head and narrowed her eyes at Linnett

“Maybe he wanted to actually get so done,” she said smartly “Maybe he knew that if he went over to your house, you would justAnd he needs to pass this test, or he’s going to fail”

Linnett narrowed her eyes at Ashe

“You’re just jealous that Ford actually likesshit for you just because he’s told to or because he feels sorry for you”

“What the fuck does that hs

I knew exactly what Linnett was about to do before she even did it

“Linnett, don’t,” I ordered

But Linnett didn’t listen

Instead, she opened her fucking mouth

By this point, half the senior hallas listening to us

“He told me that y’all ht?” Linnett said, sidestepping my arm “That if you won, he had to teach you how to kiss And if he won, you would cover for hi have you been covering for him now? A few months? Have you learned to kiss yet? Or did you just Hoover vacuuht?”

The entire senior hallway broke out in laughter

Ashe’s pained eyes turned to me

“How could you?” she asked

I opened et out but closed it just as fast

Apologies wouldn’t help anymore

“I’ll teach you how to kiss, Soot Face”

Ashe turned to survey the captain of the football team Colin Wilson

I narrowedstep forward

Linnett caught my arm and hauled me back

I whispered to Linnett