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Frickin’ Millie and her observations I glance at her She points at uy Your thighs were around his hips"

She walks over to her bed, not paying attention to me "You can’t tell me that wasn’t hot, because it was totally hot Besides, he seemed to like it" I chuck a pillow at her It hits Millie in the side of the head She turns toward me "Well, he did!" She throws it back

The pillow hits the wall and falls on htstand I reach out and grab it before the fra it on the ledge next to me, I say, "You’re impossible Next time, I just won’t couys to show us more of that throw--in slow motion" She winks at me with her mouth open It’s all innuendo

Stupid Millie I’ because herfor le I fold my arms over ht You know you won’t let me down" Millie shifts in her bed and sits on her knees She looks at me funny for a moment

"What?"

Her pretty face is all scrunched up Millie holds a pillow to her chest and gives me a serious look "You never let me down I mean, you always try to do what I want" She picks at the corner of the pillow, not looking up at ht It doesn’t sound like praise, like oh Sidney, you’re the bestest friend I ever had! It sounds as though she’s worried or so It oing "So?"

"So, I have a question for you" She takes a deep breath and juo on dates with ? I mean, we’ve been roouy once, but you always come out with us when I ask you" Her voice is too serious

Worry pinches oes dry I wonder if she knohat happened My ex wasn’t stupid enough to post what he did to me on Facebook, but there were pictures They were the type of pictures that look wrong

I feel her gaze on my face I don’t look up

Millie finally asks, "Sidney, do you have a crush on lance up at her and blink "What?"

There’s a half s where one is up and the other is down She looks right at irls, that’s okay I mean, I’m not--not that I don’t like you--well, not like that I was just--"

My eyes are too big forOhto say My jaw drops open I listen to her eat her foot and finally blurt out, "I’m not a lesbian"

Millie counters, "But it’d be okay if you were"

"But I’ether and considers ure me out Damn, have I becouys?

She finally asks, "Then, what’s up with you? Did your parents send you down here with a chastity belt or soainst the wall and pulls her knees to her chest "You don’t date, unless I drag you with uy was the otten since we met"

My face flames red "This conversation passed the acceptable lih nervously and stand I walk over tofor PJs

"I’m serious, Sidney It’s like you don’t think you should be happy or soht on your shoulders I used to think it was because you’re from New Jersey and everyone there must be super pissed-off all the ti tonight I saw another version of you that I haven’t really seen before It’s as if there’s another Sidney locked away so I talk about It’s not so I share Not after what happened last time I told someone Part of me wants to say it I want to know if she thinks that it waset to scowl all the tiood friend You’ve been a good friend to me You deserve to have someone to tell your secrets to, no matter what they are" She sed in my throat I feel the bear at my back, but it doesn’t matter--I can’t say it I can’t tell her what happened to me, what he did to me There’s a span of silence Neither of us aze drops to her bedspread "I think he e, I don’t follow at first "Who? Brent?"