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"Lucy! Please Just stop a second Stop and talk toHe wanted to discuss what she&039;d said the night before, but every time he saw her in the hall she had hobbled away froet really frustrated "What you said - "
"There are soo," she told hi next to the door for the girls&039; bathrooh "I acted pretty stupid last night I said sos I didn&039;t s "Anyway I know I can&039;t coet over as really just a childish infatuation anyway"
"I need to tell you how good it made me feel when you said that," he told her "How special it - "
"Oh just shut up!" Lucy clenched her eyes shut as if to hold back tears "Shut your stupid face and leave me - "
"Brent!" someone called from down the hallway "Brent! Thank God I found you!"
It was Dana
"Hey," Brent said, his storeat tirab his arm "It&039;s your sister She&039;s here Over by the Home Ec rooms"
"No way" He felt his hands make fists by pure reflex "No, she wouldn&039;t" He shook his head "But I guess she did Lucy, please, just - " he began, but when he looked at his best friend he only saw the girls&039; roo shut behind her "Damn it! Okay, okay We need to be careful here" He turned back to Dana "Go get a teacher, any teacher, and tell the the school Maybe she&039;ll just leave quietly, but we can&039;t take that chance"
Dana nodded She was still holding his arently
She nodded again Then she ran toward the nearest classroom
Brent went the opposite direction - toward the Home Ec roo by the tiot there and he couldn&039;t slow himself down in time, so he didn&039;t even try His h to crack so By the ti so fast that the classroom doors on either side flickered as they whooshed past hiht where you are"
She was holding a locker door like a club She had it lifted over her head, and somebody was down on the floor in front of her It looked like she was going to play golf with their head Jesus, Brent thought That&039;s Jill
"Not right now, baby bro," Maggie said She was breathing hard and her eyes were bright The prospect of hitting Jill Hennessey was clearly exciting her