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He instantly sobered "Okay Point taken"

"Tellto track her down and knock her teeth down her throat"

"As hot as that is, no She’s part of a past I’d now like to forget ButI’ht of you with anyone else, probably would have fed the fuc--uh, the guysside of hiet as many as you want"

He sounded deterret that

"Did you sleep with Veronica?"

He stiffened, but he didn’t hesitate to answer "Yes But it was over a year ago, ere dating"

"Mackenzie?"

"Yes Months ago, for a little while after we’d stopped dating Then I met you, and that was over"

"Others?"

"Yes You want the exact nuirlfriend not to go all the ith you?"

"No," he said "But I wouldn’t change anything about e’ve done--and haven’t done I wanted--want--you ready forwith me because it’s supposedly expected I would wait forever for you"

Oh, glory, this totally

Are you sure you need to resist hiht have to" I cleared my throat "Next, I have an observation rather than a question"

His arhtened around me "Go on"

"Sometimes you call Mackenzie and Veronica by cutesy nicknairl you’re with"

"Do I?" He toyed with the ends of uess We all parted as friends"

"Well, we didn’t," I pointed out, now a little hurt by that, too "I "

He pressed his lips together to cut off afrown? Smile? "A Dor A Bull Baby, I still wanted you, still considered you mine and didn’t want to share you with Gavin There was no way I could be friendly about it"

Dying here

He kissed ot two and a half hours before I have to drive you ho better by Thursday night, I plan to take you to a party to celebrate the Tigers’ winning football season Since we don’t have school on Friday, everyone always kicks off the four-day weekend early"

A chance to act noro to the party, one way or another And I’m not tired"

He chuckled "Sure you’re not Your eyelids are already half-closed"

"No, they’re"

I don’t re that sentence

I woke up in Cole’s arone off He must have set it before he’d fallen asleep He never even twitched, his expression relaxed, almost boyish, and I s at hihtly activities

Trina sat beside the bed, reading a book When I stirred, she glanced up and said, "About time," and closed the cover Dare You To, by Katie McGarry "I want you to knoas upset when I saw the video of you going after Cole so viciously I still don’t understand it, but I’ave you a chance to explain"

"Thank you," I said, and I meant it

Mackenzie strode into the room "Heard voices," she said Then, "Hey"

"Hey," I replied

"You look better"

"Thanks"

Cole stirred, stretched

"Okay, tiot here," Mackenzie coave her a push toward the exit "Ali, do yourself a favor and take a shower before he wakes up Like, seriously"

Was I that bad?

The two strode from the room I eased from the bed and nearly toppled to the floor as ht There was a bathroo into the mirror, I did it

Yeah, I was that bad