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"My boy toy?" She giggled "He’s perfect"
I ed to keep the conversation on Chad and how close they’d co it Of course, Lesa wanted to know about Daeo there,to live vicariously through me
After bio, I stopped byout books I doubted Dee wanted to seeto be super aard, and I was still annoyed with Dae books, the hall was empty and the hum of conversation was distant
I closed the locker door and twisted halfway, closing the flap on theout of what seemed like nowhere A tall and slender form at the end of the hall, obviouslya baseball cap, which was odd, because that was in violation of the school dress code It was one of those God-awful trucker hats that guys found cool once upon a time
Drifter ritten in bold black and behind the words was an oval shape…that looked a lot like a surfboard
My pulse spiked and I blinked, taking a step back The guy was gone, but the door to the left was sloinging closed
No…no, it couldn’t be He’d be crazy insane to cohtly tobefore I knew it I hit the door, throwing it open Rushing to the railing, I peered over it Mystery Dude was on the botto at the door
I could see the trucker hat more clearly It was definitely a surfboard
Blake had been an avid surfer when he lived in California
Then a golden-toned hand, as if the person spent his life under the sun, wrapped around the silver doorknob, and a wave of familiarity raised the tiny hairs on my arms
Oh, crap
Part of my brain clicked off I went down the steps three at a time, my breath locked in my chest The hallas more crowded on the first floor as people headed for the cafeteria I heard Carissa call my na toward the gy lots
I darted around a couple totally getting into hallway PDA, slipped between friends talking, and lost sight of the hat for a second Dammit Everyone and theiran apology, and kept going When I reached the end of the hall, the only place he could’ve gone was out the door I didn’t think twice Pushing the heavy double doors open, I stepped outside Overcast skies turned everything dreary and cold, and aslots, I realized he was gone
Only two things in this world could move that fast: aliens and humans mutated by aliens
And I had no doubt in my mind that I’d seen Blake, and he’d wantedDaeainst the paintedto Billy Cru class A carton of milk was in one hand and a slice of pizza folded in the other What a gross-as-hell co boy tilanced down atin my stare, because his s up slowly
"Okay, well, I’ll talk to you later, Daemon"
He nodded, eyes trained on ize?"
My eyes narrowed, and for a briefhim in the ize You owe y"
"How do you see that?" He took a drink, appearing naively curious
"Well, for starters, I’lanced to the side "That’s a good start"
"And I got Dawson to heel" I smiled victoriously when his eyes narrowed "And-- Wait This isn’t even important God, you always do this"
"Do what?" His intense gaze swung back toreally inappropriate, given that ere standing in the lunchroom Dear God…
"Distract me with the inane And in case you don’t knohat thatsilly"
He finished off his pizza "I knohat inane means"
"Shocker," I retorted
A slow, cat-got-the-canary grin pulled at his lips "Iyou, because you still haven’t told me what you need to talk toa deep breath, I focused "I saw--"
Daemon cupped o somewhere rasp I really hated it when he went all He-Man onme, Daemon I can walk on my own, Doofus"
"Uh huh" He led y me in as he leaned down His forehead brushed ?"
I nodded
"I find it incredibly attractive when you’re all feisty with ainst my temple "That probably makes me disturbed But I like it"
Yeah, it kind of rong, but there was so…hot about how quickly he defendedhappened
His nearness was tely war htly "Focus," I said, not sure who I was talking to,et you hot"
His lips quirked into a grin "Okay, back to what you saw I’ahed under my breath but sobered up pretty quickly In no as Dae to respond well to this "I’m pretty sure I saw Blake today"