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I decided opening the door would be the quickeras I’d brushed ht not call the authorities

When I opened the door, he walked in wearing running clothes He had a pair of those spandex co shorts, which sohs were Rawr The boy was practically edible

Or rather, he would be, if I were still into men Which I wasn’t

"It’s ti buddies

"I don’t run," I reminded hio to class"

Lovely He thought he had me all schooled up "And what if I don’t?"

"Same threat applies today"

God! You bossy…! I wanted to screaout with you is not the effortless payoff that blackmail implies But I will tell someone if I think you’re not okay And if you leave the building with ht"

"You could just take ot up to find soed a little farther than last tiain, I was tremendously impressed with myself But I sure wasn’t about to adot twenty et cleaned up for class I’ll knock on your door"

"I’ll just s were shaky froether, Bella I’ for that"

Christ

I took the world’s fastest shower and then hopped into my nicest jeans and a fancier sweater than I’d usually wear to class As if that mattered As if anyone in the lecture hall would look at me and decide I wasn’t actually a filthy slut because I earing a cashdorf’s that ly prompt, of course When he knocked on my door, I followed hiot to the lecture hall, though, the stones Urban Studies was a big lecture with at least sixty people in it I did not want to sit there and wonder how many of them had seen my picture