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"She’s Henderson’s girl," he said in such a matter of fact manner

"I know thatthe proof of her association with my nemesis

"You’ve heard of America’s Sweetheart? Well, she’s East Franklin’s sweetheart Everyone loves her and things always tend to go her way if you knohat I mean I don’t have to tell you how hot she is and she’s smarter than anyone else in our class She’ll be our valedictorian for sure Her parents are well off, so she gets everything she wants and she’s dated Forbes since thebuddies, so they’re always going on all these faether"

I bet that lucky bastard was definitely getting in her pants every chance he got and that was probably fine with the parents as long as she was staying within her own social class

"I saw you talking to her in the parking lot thisto put the moves on her?"

There were quite a few ht I’d ured she’d run and tell him"

"You shouldn’t push Forbes because he pushes back and he doesn’t always play by the rules He’s a loose canon," he warned, then added, "Claire thinks she knows him, but she hasn’t seen the side of hiht of Forbes being a threat h "Dude, I’ve seen loose canons and Forbes Henderson is nothing more than a sparkler fro I need to tell you about hi you out so you can’t play any down soame I think you should tell Coach"

I appreciated the heads up, but I took care ofit for et my ass kicked than be a snitch"

"It’s your funeral"

"Not a word to Coach I can handle whatever they can dish," I warned "But thanks for tellingelse, will you let me know about it?"

"Sure, no proble me out meant Most likely they would try to catchlike that There was only one little flaith their plan Those little rich punks didn’t realize they were screith the wrong person

When homeroom was over, I walked down the hall to my first period class I passed East Franklin’s happy couple and Claire’s eyes briefly caughtto take away my chance at a football scholarship and ulti

I turned my eyes away from her and the prick I hated, then went to my first period Calculus class While I waited for class to begin, Claire’s riding co me She took the seat in front of me, then spun around in her desk and extended her hand "We’ve not officially met I’, but she didn’t impress me nearly as much as Claire I took her hand and said, "Jessie Boone"

She wasted no tiht to the chase and asked, "So, Jessie Boone, what kind oflot?

I laughed and said, "That was not a move and if she thinks it was, then Henderson is seriously lacking in the skills departree about Forbes and his skills, but I’ame like your crotch knows the pal you the luxury of a warning Do noton between you and Forbes Do we have an understandment?"

I leaned forward and whispered, "Do you suffer from restless lip syndroely brought a smile to her face

Our calculus teacher, Miss Dulaney, started class and Payton whispered, "You ht score soet about getting into Claire’s end zone"

6 The Tardy Nazi