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She grinned as the bell rang "I guess I’ve spenta coet more if you didn’t have on the Goth shields all the tiy look for a"See you at lunch"

I watched her vanish into the crowd of students and wondered if I’d hurt her feelings with that co from me There was definitely inally bearable Annie and Jenny did their best to tick h that I could hear theirlfriend," said Jenny

"I hear they bang heads really good," Annie added

"I’ll bet she’s got piercings all up and down her cooch Is that true, Justin?"

I ignored them

"Oh, he’s es Can you hurt the feelings of a stalker?"

"Only if you get a restraining order," Annie said

They burst into fits of laughter

"A haircut and new clothes don’tto punch through ard

Their sex vapors, as I decided to call the nearby for the taking But I didn’t have the slightest desire to touch those vile things The thought of giving those bitches any pleasure e

Jenny poked me in the back with the sharp end of a pencil I turned around "What is your problem?"

"You and your creepy friends are," she said "Katie told us you’ve been stalking her She saw you at theme, because I haven’t set eyes on her"

"You should watch out," Annie piped up in her nasal voice "Brad is out for payback after your lucky hit"

"And he just got a new Harley," Jenny said as if that should strike the fear of God into rin spread across my face "Maybe I’ll wrap that scooter of his around his scrawny neck"

Jenny gave onna do anything to Brad Nichols?"

I grabbed the corner of her desk and snapped off a chunk with a loud crack She ju with half the class I sh I’ "Oops" I handed her the chunk

She raised her hand and started shouting for Mr Herman, the art teacher who served as our homeroom teacher

"What the hell do you want?" he asked as he looked up fro of Simon and Garfunkel

"Justin broke my desk" She held up the chunk of desk as proof

Mr Herman squinted at it, then at her desk "It looks fine to me Now shut up and leave me alone"

Jenny bonked me on the back of the head with the bit of desk but it didn’t hurt She scowled "I’onna make your life miserable, you low-life creep"

"Your very existence already does that" I stuck outof people trying to estures, and outright hostility I decided not to break anywhat top-secret governency would capture, tranquilize, and vivisectschool property with his bare hands

Apparently, Katie had been spreading soital missteps a la Twitter and Facebook, it was no surprise everyone believed her

Lunchti at the usual table

"Looking better," Nyte said, giving my clothes a once-over

"Not too ed "You are who you are That’s not for us to decide"

"It’s good to see there are decent people left in this place"