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Jade turned her head against ly "You know, Jonesy you could’ve gone out with Sophie," Jade said with real feeling

The LED lights flickered in the hall twice and Jade laughed "Can’t take back the leakage, Jones"

I laughed and Jonesy gavefor nonchalance "I don’t care who she goes out with," he said

"Right, whatever," Jade said, disgusted

I spoke against her hair, "Be nice, babe"

She pulled away fro "It’s true He could’ve had a great girlfriend instead of the skank-a-thon and been way happier"

True, I thought But that ht be tooby the e he found was tread careful, pal "She has sent nals This is easier I just date whoever and don’t worry about feelings and crap No hassles, no guessing, no perpetual PMS You feel me?" he finished, his thumb in his chest

I felt hih maintenance than Jade She had a hot-ass temper and so did Jonesy Like fuel and flame I didn’t know if it would ever work out What Jonesy didn’t recognize was he did care about her It was in the way he looked at her And now she was dating a dude in the peripheral group of Dickheads: that would be the Carson Ha to happen And Sophie wasn’t above flashing her new boyfriend in Jonesy’s face

And he wasn’t beyond getting into a jealous rage over it

Denial was a beautiful thing

"I do feel you, Jonesy But I think it’s you that’s going to be feeling it," Jade said with knowledge I stroked her back and gave Jonesy The Look Back off, it isn’t worth it His eyes flicked to mine then back at Jade

Don’t ask, don’t ask

"Is she going out with soroaned

Jade looked at me and smiled evilly She would put the screws to Jonesy and he’d be feeling some pain

Jade flicked her hair over her shoulder, a chunk ht pink backpack The new purses of the pulse-age, I thought rando an indifference I kneas contrived She totally knew everything about Sophie "Yeah I think it’s souy in her AP class"

"WTF?" Jonesy all but yelled

Jade ju-cool it," I said, starting to get pissed He was going to have to take the teasing if he didn’t want to coive a hot shit then freak at theSophie Buck up or shut up

Jonesy straightened "Okay, you two are so s profoundly s, which made my sense of unease deepen exponentially

"Ah no, Jones, can’t say I do," I said

"Astral Projection sex, dimwits," he elaborated like, double-duh, as Jade liked to say

I got a visual of people hu, like a cartoon bubble and couldn’t stop the irrational laugh which ensued

Jade put a hand on lowered "What’s so funny, asswipe?"

Gu itself around Jade

Tiff

"How’s it hanging, Jones?" she said with a sharp slash of a grin

"Oh effing splendid Did you know" he began

"Sophie’s having AP sex with Buddy? Yeah," her gum snapped as emphasis

I covered els feared to tread, Tiff entered

Nice

Jonesy’s hands flexed into fists and at that exactin a fluffy honey cloud on theon the recycled quartz flooring as she ca was the hand that was stuck in her back pocket, an appendage on her butt

It was Buddy, fellow AP student and possible in-the-clouds sex partner

Well, hell

I reached for Jonesy too late He was over there in three strides, his chest al up, his carrot-colored hair having deepened to copper over the last year He grabbed Jonesy’s shoulder and said, "No, Jones"

"Not now, John," Jonesy said, flinging John’s hand off

This was gonna get bad, fast

"Caleb, do so!" Jade said

Tiff said, "Nah, let the Buddy anyway, he’s got eyes for Carson," she said, winking

Brother

I launched over there but Sophie took care of everything for all of us

"Hey! What the hell do you think you’re doing?" she asked Jonesy, her aqua eyes on fire