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I hated Daeeance that equaled the solar power of a thousand suns You’re b arely glowing now He left after that, grabbing his shirt off the floor and sauntering out of my house

The son of a bitch blew upHis alien hts and most electronics Now I had to rely on school coood hour after I peeled ht bulbs in the house

Luckily, the TV hadn’t been fried

But ? It had to have been all the arguing between us That was the only explanation for why there was such a massive explosion from such a heavy make-out session

And he wasn’t as unaffected as he pretended No one could fake that

My glow had faded to a s to explain how that happened And I’m sure he couldn’t wait to share the info

I hated him

Not just for the fact he’d proven me a liar, or that I now had to wait until hly suspicious of howme admit it out loud, too

And if he pokedto throw him in front of an Arum

My cell phone buzzed in ainst the unforgiving wind sweeping down fro, I kneas another text froies over and over again He didn’t dare talk toover his head I wasn’t forgiving hi an overbearing ass who didn’t understand the word "no"

"Katy!"

I ju , I turned and waited

As always, Dee looked aly beautiful

Today she’d worn skinny dark denilossy black hair and bright eyes, she was stunning Her smile ide and friendly, but it quickly faded as she nearedto stop," she said

"Sorry I was lost inall of them, which was hard They lived next door They were in my classes They sat with me at lunch And I missed Dee "No"

"Really, because you haven’t been very talkative since Saturday," she pointed out

"Monday you didn’t even sit with us at lunch, clai you had to study for a test Yesterday, I don’t think you said tords to me" Guilt twisted my insides "I’ve been…out of it"

"It’s too much, isn’t it? What we are?" Her voice was se freaks--"

"You’re not freaks," I said, ive yourselves credit for"

Dee seemed relieved to hear that She darted in front offor Baruck"

I sidestepped her and opened my car door

The obsidian blade bounced around in the co it into shank a student or soood" She nodded "The boys are going to continue searching and keep an eye on things, and both you and Simon barely have any traces on you now" Dee paused "I’d still like to kno that happened so quickly" My stomach twisted "Uh, yeah, there was a lot of…physical activity"

Her brows inched up her forehead "Katy…"

"Anyway," I said quickly "That’s all good--the trace fading from Simon, especially since he has no clue about any of this, so I’," she said, grinning

"Yeah, kind of"

"So what are you doing tomorrow?" she asked, hopeful "It’s Saturday and Halloween I thought maybe we could rent a bunch of scary ive out candy with her She lives in a subdivision, so…" Hurt flickered across Dee’s face What was I doing? Dissing a friend because of her jackass brother? That wasn’t me "I can come over afterward, and we can watch movies if you want?"

"If you want?" she whispered

Leaning over, I hugged her slim shoulders

"Of course I want Just et tons of popcorn and candy Those are a require "That I can do" I pulled back, sht then?"

"Wait" She grabbed ers cold "What happened between you and Dae happened, Dee"

Her eyes narrowed "I know better, Katy

You would’ve had to doaround to burn off most of the trace in one afternoon"

"Dee--"

"And Dae happened between you two" She brushed her hair out of her face, but the curls sprung right back "I know you said you guys didn’t do anything that one ti happened I pro a sht"

She didn’t believeent down between Dae I wanted to share with his sister

…

Every Halloween Ito dress up and eat tons of candy The only thing I got to do noas…eat tons of candy Not half bad

Lesa laughed as I dug out another box of Nerds "What?" I elbowed her "I love these things"

"And uestured to the pile of wrappers on the steps beside her feet "You’re a freaking candy monster"

We stopped while a small child shuffled up the steps, dressed like a member of Kiss Odd costume choice

"Trick or Treat!" the little boy cried

Lesa fawned all over hiave him several pieces of candy "You are so not here for the kids," she said, watching the little boy run back to his parents

I popped a piece of caraave you that idea?"

"Did you think that little boy was cute?" She ed "Guess so I mean, he kind of s "Do you like kids?"

"Kids scare me" A mummy and vampire approached us Lesa cooed over them until they scampered away "Especially the little ones," I continued, scowling when I saw there weren’t any Nerds left "They jabber and stuff, and I have no idea what they are saying, but your little brother is super cute"

"My little brother craps hihed "Well, maybe it’s because he’s, like, only one?"