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I hoped Jessie wouldn’t turn around and say anything else to me because I didn’t need another reason to think about hih it hat I wanted, I found myself foolishly disappointed

Payton and I didn’t make it out of Buckley’s class before she had me cornered "Now, tell me he’s not hot for you"

"He’s not hot fora little fun with the Princess That’s all," I said as I dodged around her to go to my locker

I opened my locker and heard Payton whisper, "News flash, Claire…We just had this conversation an hour ago about what a terrible liar you are and it’s true; I can see it all over your face He may call you Princess, but he doesn’t treat you like one and you like it"

Her theory was unbelievable "Why would I enjoy the way he treats me? He’s an ass to me, so that doesn’t even od, Claire, you can be so dense for so to be forced to spell it out for you He can’t stand you because he thinks you’re a spoiled rotten little princess, but he can’t help but be hot for you This is the first tiuy that didn’t want to put you on a pedestal and you’re fascinated by it"

"I’ical evaluations Do you wantyou hired as a shrink?" I asked sarcastically

"It’s all part of the ga I’ you have to reuy you play with for a little bit of fun, not the kind you fall in love with"

I sla off in the opposite direction to physics I heard Payton call down the hall, "I’ve got a Benjaht"

I practically ran to Physics to get away from Payton’s accusations and proposed bet because I didn’t want to consider the possibility of it’s accuracy I took a seat at the back desk and put my head down on the table

I felt a warm hand on the back ofokay? You feel sick?"

The sound of Forbes voiced startledat ot we had this class together

"I don’t feel too great," I lied

What was up withto my best friend and my boyfriend? I leaned back in my seat and watched the reason for h the classroom door

"Great, here comes the Collinsville skank," Forbes said

I looked up to see Jessie walking into class with Gretchen, better known as The Penivore, walking behind him She followed in behind him like a lost puppy, then sat next to him at the table in front of us

The hour consisted of her sha Jessie know he could have it any way he wanted it It was disgusting

During Mrs Bishop’s lecture, my concentration altered between physics and the near dry hu terly under irlfriend

I remembered the perfect plans Forbes and I had made and decided that this senseless interest had to stop In the end, I would be with Forbes and Jessie would screw Gretchen, just like half of the guys at East Franklin had done before him and this temporary interest in Jessie Boone was only a

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Soe, money or not; a whore was still a whore even if she earing designer clothes I wasn’t interested in Gretchen, at least not today I had been there and done that kind of girl before, but it was always nice to have a backup plan if I decided to beco without having Claire to playfully taunt, so it felt like they would never end When they finally did, I went down to the field house and dressed out for practice, then hit the field and warmed up while I waited on the rest of the team to show for practice

I walked over to where Dane ar "So, what did you think of your first day at East Franklin,

What could I say? It was nice being in school and not running into the kids that showed up on s offknown as the kid with theyou wanted