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He had definitely started pressing o all the ith hi started and he was quite clear about his growing iive it up just because we had dated for a year and a half

The first bell rang and I was relieved when I was finally released without being discovered by Grisham "What do you have second period, babe?"

"I have Mrs Tanner forwhere the freshmen classes are"

Forbes shook his head as he complained, "That’s just ridiculous It’s an AP class stuck in theDoes it even make sense to put smarter, older students in with little punks that just left junior high school?"

"It’s not a big deal because it’s the first rooht as I walk in and it’sin Mrs Tanner’s class again She lets us do some really cool stuff"

He frowned and said, "Well, I don’t like it because it causesyou between first and second period"

"You’re such a baby I pro o learn soo’s Spanish II class and sat in front of Cooper

"Hey, Claire, I didn’t knoe had Spanish together You gonna let hed

"Spanish probably isn’t the class you want to choose to try cheating off of rade beats et an easy A in this class I onna be valedictorian We all know you are, so don’t pretend like you aren’t going to ace this class"

He made it sound like an A would handed to me and I wouldn’t have to work for it "I have to work for ood student at East Franklin, Coop," I argued

I hated assumptions about who I was and even the friends that knew me best didn’t know the real me Everyone saw the perfect, untouchable Claire Deveraux because it’s what they wanted to see They all thought rades and envied lifestyle caave s onup to the expectations of ht I would prefer to be faceless or invisible

When class began, Mrs Santiago introduced herself in Spanish, thenour Spanish naot weird Latino names, but Claire is still Claire in Spanish so I lucked out

Cooper leaned over and said, "Don’t you think there’s so allowed to take a Spanish class?" He gestured toward the wall and I saw a Latino guy sitting on the row closest to the wall "Maybe I’ll cheat off hihed

I rolled my eyes at Coop and shook onna have to check with the teacher on that one, but I don’t think unbien is a Spanish word so I’ hour was over Cooper coht have just had ht be offended if I didn’t know you, but that was so classic for you to say so like that"

We walked out the door and Cooper saw Payton standing outside the door waiting forto chase on the other end of the hall"

I knew Coop had a crush on Payton, but I had never mentioned it to either of them

"See you later, masturbator," Payton said to hiet out of your friend zone because the two of you would be so perfect for each other," I hinted

"Tell ht typo I could never date him after the lame come on line he used e et, but I loved to hear Payton’s rendition of what Cooper said the first time they met "I don’t think I can recall it at the moment Remind eous, is that a mirror in your back pocket cause I can seeand she said, "You know you remembered You just wanted to hear ets better every time you do it"

"Well, do you want me to do my impression of what Jessie Boone said when I confronted hi?" she asked

"Jessie Boone?" I asked, confused about who she istered withso I don’t have to kill you because I really like you not dead"

"Oh, I did because I wanted to see his reaction and it was just as I suspected Hope you believe in the hereafter because that boy is about to be here after you