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"You haven’t told hi from the side of his mouth

I shook my head

"Don’t make him suffer too ht A tough, uy like that--who’s trained to beat people up, and lies about who he is to girls--is so vulnerable"

He squeezed my arm just above the elbow and smiled "He’s either an asshat to rival all asshats before hihed "I wish I was a ht not, once you knohat’s in there"

"If I ever do"

Benji shrugged in agree to the south exit, turning to call, "Have a good break, Jacqueline"

"You, too"

I reached Lucas and he turned to follow ht?" heinto a booty call Or if that’s all it had ever been to hi me he was Landon Maxfield "I have a test toht"

I glanced up at hi beside me with his hands stuffed into the front pockets of his jeans His gaze continuously scanned over the crowd of people, as though he was on guard

"To, and I noted that he see

"I have an enses in the music hall, but I missed yesterday" I hadn’t told Lucas I played the bass I’d told Landon

"You slept in?"

I nodded

"Me, too"

We reached the entry and stopped to the side of the door "I have to getit ho to see if he’d react, I watched his eyes, which aze drifted over the faces around us "I’ll have plenty of ti break"

"When are you leaving town?" He flicked his hair fro the subject ofYou?"

"Saht between his teeth, and then all of a sudden, he settled and stilled His eyes"Text e Otherwise, I’ll catch you after break" He hitched the shoulder over which his backpack was slung and added, "Later, Jacqueline," before turning and blending into the flow of students, his dark head rising above uy Landon and hottie OBBP Lucas are the saie’s eyes were so rounded with shock that I could see white all the way around her light brown irises

"What I don’t understand is why you didn’t call him on that shit immediately" Erin had her talk-show-participant face on Anythe ass-kicking she’d be doing if she was in my shoes Ever since she’d broken up with Chaz, she wasto

I huffed a sigh and wished I’d never told the him and rebound and operation bad boy phase?" The three of us sat on a co coffee and eating Oreos, astronomy texts and notes spread all around us, untouched for the last half hour as we discussed Landon/Lucas instead of gas giants and celestial navigation

"He’s supposed to be your booty call Not the other way around" Erin’s voice resonated with authority

"Yeah" Maggie chimed in "Why don’t you text him that you want to meet up later?"

I rolled --which we’re supposed to be studying for right now And also, I think I need a little distance…"

Erin peered atemotionally involved, aren’t you?"

I lay back with hhhh!"

"By the way--speaking of booty calls, what’s this I hear about you and Buck? He’s definitely bad boy ieus?"

I gave Erin a pleading look between ers