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My best friend and my boyfriend hated each other and it stressed me to no end "Yes, I am totally aware of how painful this uy and then the two of you could both kick Forbes together while he’s down"

"That alreat plan since he’s hot as hell, but you know he’s totally not my type," she said, like I should know better

"You don’t even know him, so how do you know his type?"

"Uuy from Collinsville You know that much about me"

Was she serious? "He’s not froued

She looked over at me with a raised eyebrow "Well, he was at one point and that tells me all I need to know him He’s not my kind of boyfriend material"

"Wow, you really are a stuck up bitch, Payton"

"Uh…no It ht a boy like that ho ass tattoo covers his whole upper ar less than a long sleeve is going to hide that"

"So what? A tattoo doesn’t make him a bad person"

"It speaks of his character, Claire Seriously, what kind of high school kid has tattoos like that? He looks like he’s been in prison-maybe a prison for hot convicts-but you know I don’t do the tattooed bad boy thing"

I couldn’t dare tell Payton I thought his tattoo sleeve was the sexiest thing I’d ever seen because she would think I was out ofher, would fathom that the perfect Claire Elizabeth Deveraux could possibly find all that badness alluring The probleht I was Payton knew my imperfections far better than anyone, but even she didn’t realize how badly I wanted to bust out of the protective cocoon placed around me

3 The Untouchables

Jessie

Aside fro onto the East Franklin football tea quarterback Practice had been tense at best, but I wasn’t there towhere I stood rather than getting blindsided the way I had my whole life

Today was my first day at East Franklin I woke up two hours beforewith a severe case of dread On one hand, I would rather have my ass whipped than transfer to EFHS with that bunch of rich, snobby kids On the other, it could quite possibly bethe hopeless path destined forpanels over my bed were another re EFHS I could guarantee that none of the to cave at anyI would fit in with any of them

I forced myself out of bed and went to the kitchen to eat so black coffee and s room table in her trailer’s tiny kitchen I didn’t bother to offer Rita anything to eat because I recognized the look on her face-she was hungover She and her buddies had partied here last night I didn’t bother to look at the clock, but it ell into thewhen I heard the slam of car doors as they left to drive ho s filled withI ate in silence and avoided looking at the dope on the table as I waited for Rita to giveher steaarettes with her per, she and I Speak only when necessary and our policy suited both of us just fine, but thisshe found it necessary to speak to arette "I want you to sell these today Charge extra because those rich kids can afford to pay a little in to describe randht be, butdope in school just like my mother had me do before she died