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"You think that’s it?"

"Anyone else gets her sloppy seconds" Shepley shrugged "It’s Megan Who knows Listen, I’ve gotta take America back to campus Want a ride?"

"I’llon my Oakleys "I can take Mare if you want"

Shepley’s face contorted "Uhno"

Amused at his reaction, I saddled up on the Harley and ripped the engine Even though I had the bad habit of seducing his girlfriend’s friends, there was one line I wouldn’t cross Airl, she was off ain He knew that He just liked to giveTau He ran the Circle After the initial payout the first night, I’d let hiive his Our relationship was strictly business, and we both preferred to keep it sias he didn’t want to get his ass kicked, he stayed out of mine

I made my way across campus to the cafeteria Just before I reached the double metal doors, Lexi and Ashley stepped in front ofwith perfect posture Perfectly tanned, silicone-endowed breasts peeked froher in the first place, but once was enough Her voice re slowly let out of a balloon, and Nathan Squalor bagged her the night after I did

"Hey, Lex"

I pinched the cherry offquickly past her through the doors Not that I was eager to tackle the buffet of lietables, dry s howl, and children perk up to see what cartoon character had coirls followed

"Shep" I nodded He was sitting with Aeon fro at her food with a plastic fork My voice see eyes follow me to the end of the table where I tossedinside me When I sat, she used uys fro at our table watched in awe, as if being followed by two inarticulate tarts was an unattainable aspiration for them

Lexi slid her hand under the table and then pressed her fingers into h as she s a little wider, waiting for her to reach her mark

Just before I felt her hands on me, America’s loud murmurs traveled down the table

"I think I just threw up a little bit in id "I heard that, skank"

A dinner roll flew past Lexi’s face and bounced off the floor Shepley and I traded glances, and then I let ive way

Lexi’s ass bounced off the cafeteria tile I ad the sound of her skin slap against the cera away Shepley seeh forI had one rule: respect For me, my family, and for my friends Hell, even some of my eneer than necessary with people who didn’t understand that life lesson It h my apartment door, but if they carried theiven it to them

I winked at America, who seemed satisfied, nodded to Shepley, and then took another bite of whatever was on ," Chris Jenks said, flicking a crouton across the table

"Shut up, dumb ass," Brazil said in his typical low voice "Ada"

"Oh Yeah," he said, shrugging

I took my tray to the trash, and then returned to my seat with a frown "And don’t call ?"

"Yeah"

"Why not? I thought that was your Circle naeted Jenks "Why don’t you shut up and give that hole in your face a chance to heal"

I’d never liked that little wor, Travis All you had to do was say so" He chuckled nervously before gathering his trash and heading out

Before long, lanced down to see Shepley and A with her friend She had long, wavy hair, and her skin was still bronzed froest tits I’d ever seen, but her eyesthey were a weird gray color Familiar somehow

There was no way I’dabout her face reer on

I stood up and walked toward her She had the hair of a porn star, and the face of an angel Her eyes were almond shaped and uniquely beautiful That hen I saw it: behind the beauty and fake innocence was so Even when she srained in her that no cardigan could hide it Those eyes floated above her tiny nose, and smooth features To anyone else, she was pure and naive, but this girl was hiding so I knew only because the same sin had dwelled in me my entire life The difference was she held it deep within her, and I let ular basis

I watched Shepley until he felt eon’s direction

Who’s that? I mouthed

Shepley only responded with a confused frown

Her, I silently ain

Shepley’s rin he alwaysto piss me off

"What?" Shepley asked, a lot louder than necessary

I could tell the girl kneere talking about her, because she kept her head down, pretending not to hear

After spending sixty seconds in Abby Abernathy’s presence, I discerned two things: she didn’t talk much, and when she did she was kind of a bitch But I don’t knowI kind of dug that about her She put on a front to keep assholes like me away, but that made me even more determined

She rolled her eyes ather and found it pretty a Girls didn’t usually treatthem the door

When even my best smiles didn’t work, I turned it up a notch

"Do you have a twitch?"

"A what?" she asked

"A twitch Your eyes keep wiggling around" If she could have lare, I would have bled out on the floor I couldn’t help but laugh She was a smart-ass and rude as hell I liked her more every second

I leaned closer to her face "Those are soh What color is that, anyway? Gray?"

She i her hair cover her face Score Iso me away I couldn’t blairls come in and out of the apartment I didn’t want to piss Ary More like amused

"You’re not her type," A into her gaeon peeked over at e to throw this girl on my couch--ca

"Ah! A s it a s I’d ever seen, seea ahead "I’m not a rotten bastard after all It was nice to e"