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Her eyebroaggled suggestively, and I felt , the rest of the ainst y and excitement A little part of me was nervous Who wouldn’t be? If we actually had time alone and eren’t interrupted and stuff fell into place…

Stuff fell into place?

I sle

Blake looked up frorinned "Nothing"

He arched a brow "Did Dae with a kid’s parents?"

I giggled again, earning a weird look from him "Yeah, he did"

Blake stared at , he reached over and picked a piece of lint out of my hair I jerked back at the saht at the perfect angle to get a sniff of his wrist

The clean, citrusy scent sparked ainsidestupid and you were about to face public humiliation Pins and needles spread acrossloose That smell… I’d smelled it before

"You okay?" he asked

I tiltedabilities Where did I know that scent? Obviously I’d smelled it on Blake before No doubt it was one of those expensive colognes, but it was more than that

Like when you hear an actor’s voice but don’t see his face The ansas on the tip of

Why did that scent feel achingly faht He smelled earthy, like the outdoors and the wind And his scent lingered long after he was gone, on my clothes, the pillow…

The pillow…

My heart stuttered and then skipped a beat It sunk in and threatened to pull h the seat Shock washed over er so fierce I jerked forward

I couldn’t sit here I couldn’t breathe

Static crackled under my shirt Tiny hairs rose over my body Burned ozone filled the air At the front of the class, Matthew looked up His gaze went to Dawson first, because hey, if anyone were going to lose it, it would be hi for the source of the increased friction and static in the air

It was co to blow

Snapping into action, I shutno ti And h me Only once before had I felt this way and that hen Blake…

I headed past Matthew, unable to answer his look of concern, and ignored the curious stares Hurrying froed in several deep breaths to try to calm down Gray lockers blurred around me Conversations were oing? What was I going to do? Going to Daeht now, on top of everything, it was the last thing we needed

I started forward, ’s strap I felt…I felt like I was going to hurl Anger and nausea roiled I headed toward the girls’ restroom at the end of the hall

"Katy! Are you okay? Wait up?"

The floor dropped out froht up withmy arm "Katy--"

"Don’t touch me!" I wrenched my arm free, horrified…just horrified "Don’t ever touchthe lines of his face "What is your probleh my insides "I know, Blake I know"

"Knohat?" He looked confounded "Katy, your eyes are starting to glow You’ve got to chill out"

I stepped forward but forcedit "You--you are a freak"

His brows shot up "All right, you’re going to have to give me a better explanation than that, because I have no idea what I’ve done to tick you off"

The hallas eet into this kind of conversation I turned, heading to the stairwell Blake followed and once the door swung shut behind us, I whirled on him

It wasn’t y, probably what felt like a hit from a Taser, smacked him in the chest Blake stus and arasped "What was that for?"

Static crackled overina hand over his chest The faint light co danced over his face "Katy, I--"

"Don’t lie about it I know you’ve been I sne It’s been on e to lash out hitso revolting and creepy?"

Soer? I didn’t know or care What he did was so wrong on soorders were usually issued in response

Blake thrust his fingers through his hair "It’s not what you think"