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"And… you don’t want to go with hi the way Piper’s nose scrunched up at the very thought of it

"Of course I don’t want to go with hi I believe in!" She huffed drale her dark hair fro that could easily have doubled as a bracelet it was so large

"Which part, the dance or Lincoln?" I asked, trying to ht train before I for her face fall into her hands

"When did he ask you?" I questioned, only because the last I heard Lincoln and her still weren’t on speaking terlances and sexy eyes" terms, just not ones that included verbal cohed "There were even kisses and hugs involved?"

"What?" I shrieked

"Of the candy variety…" She sighed again and held up a cute Valentine’s card attached to an even cuter heart shape box filled with Hershey’s kisses and hugs My heart melted a little in happiness for my friend until I saw the tortured look in her eyes

"That is so sweet," Ithe box

"I don’t knohat he sees indown at the box with aher pretty face

"It’s because you basically stole his virginity," Bree interrupted, joining us just on the outside of the choir roo Bree a look I hoped would lares only worked on the supernatural kind of villain because she stayed firnored ated to askoff the irritation that twisted my stomach when Bree put her arm around Piper to co, but it’s definitely not obligation," she laughed

"Oh, no! What if he expects me to… you know, pick up where we left off? What if that’s the only reason he askedaround the hallway like the entire student body was listening in and judging her

"No, Piper-" I started to reassure her, when Bree cut in again My te skin

"Piper he’s a guy, of course he’s hoping for a piece of this," she gestured to Piper’s body and then smacked her in the butt "But he’s lost his ree with Bree," I sighed, seeing that Piper was soo with hi as possible I loved the idea of Lincoln and Piper together and if I had to work overtime to ensure no h school bliss, then that is what I would do

"Ladies, care to join us?" Mr Hale, the choir director called from inside the classroom where he had just started warm ups

"Stella, your skin…" Piper whispered as alked into the classrooned in rabbing at my face Her eyes softened once ere inside the …" she ht You kind of looked like you were glowing"

"Like good Angelic glowing? Or like neon, I was just turned into a teenageoff her claihed out loud which caught us a stern look frohed too, mostly to cover my disappoint to Piper just to appease reen a me for the arten and she had never, not even once, noticed a difference in h and thata Star would amplify tenfold I would have to be more careful

Lunch was directly after choir and as alked to the cafeteria, the conversation about Lincoln picked up right where we left it

"So did you tell hi I bit back the feeling that she cared ossip than she did a friend and waited for Piper’s answer

"Yes," Piper admitted alhed and then stood up straighter, "I mean, I can tell him ‘no’ when I need to tell him ‘no,’ I just couldn’t tell him ‘no’ in that particular situation" She rushed to explain herself, her blush covering her shter

"Sure you can, Pi," I gasped between laughter

"Well, at least one of us has a date," Bree sounded dejected as we sat down at our usual lunch table, shooting a frustrated glance Tristan’s way

I followed her glance and forced myself to unclench my fist from the lunch table before I broke off a piece with e her though as we situated ourselves across froin the Mead public school systeirls sat on the other Seth was disrupting our carefully drawn cootie line, but it kind of made me happy