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When I don’this chin

“Sit down, D I don’t bite without permission”

A heavy sigh leavesbeside hiot the scar to prove it” I flip hiht where his bite mark was left

“That’s called leaving ht”

“Too bad it didn’t carry over to eighteen, huh?”

He only stares, not a word spoken, no sign of a functioning train of thought on his flawless face

I shake my head, pull out my materials, and set them in front of me

Mr Brando o over how the class ork now that we’ve been paired up, but I lose track of what he’s saying when I notice Alex’s attention pointed in my direction

He’s focused on Nico, so I peek over to find Nico hasn’t a clue Or at least he pretends not to as his face is buried in his phone When I look back, Alex’s stare slides to mine

His shoulder lifts in a s, and he nods toward Mr B as if he doesn’t understand the teacher’s choice either

For the last two years, he and I have been partners, and it’s worked perfectly We put in equal time and effort, and the end result is less stress and a perfect grade

This unpredicted switch, though, means I’ll likely have to pull double hours to make up for what, I’ the books harder isn’t even the worst part of this

Being paired with Nico puts a twist in my plan

It’s senior year, and I was finally going to bite the bullet and go full schoolgirl mode on Alex, make my interest obvious since he’s never seeirls, the ones whoon the season and don’t care about the commitment side, but still It could happen

We’re friends, we run in the sao to the same parties We both want to do well in school and sports and have a good ti the way

We would ell together

Alex begins to turn to face forward, but suddenly his glare cuts back to my partner

In the same second, warm air fans across the hollow of my neck and htening even more when Nico’s unexpected whisper follows