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"Good Morning, Pu in today?" He sounded concerned

Glancing at the clock on my laptop, I saw that the ti off the covers, I ran into ht? I’m supposed to be in the lab in thirty minutes"

Tuesdays and Thursdays worked best for Dr Porter, my mentor and Chemistry teacher from Sophs for some extra work time on my Science Fair research

"Yeah, sure, but it will be pretty late for me…or early, actually Listen, I just needed to tell you that Grandht"

I poked roan "Dad, do you think you can’t trust me? I’ve been just fine here byfroht, hit

"I trust you cohed "She’s just worried about you being on your own, so she said she’d come by for a few days, possibly a week, and lend a hand You are still athose news shows like Sex Slaves in the Suburbs She worries"

My dad and hisalone for three months, but my desire to be in my own school for my senior year won out

I shi-sleeved, fitted violet tee over my head, and walked out of the closet

"If it will put her hed

"I’m not even sure what the law says about this, actually You are staying out of trouble, right?" His eyes narrowed at me as I slipped on sos, but trying to parenthim up the wall This was the seventh time we’d talked in the past teeks With the time difference, that was an accomplishment

"Of course" I al out of the house to possibly shoot a couple of street thugs "staying out of trouble…" "And I’ll be eighteen in a couple of weeks I’m barely a ht, I’ll let you go Just be hoht"

"Yes, sir I’ll call you toreat day, Pumpkin" And he clicked off

The breakfast bar and juice box I grabbed before leaving the house held er pangs started Coupled with the fact that KC hadn’t shown up or texted back this ravation down the hall to the cafeteria for a vendingin five different directions this otten to run to the hardware store for supplies last night, so the research I’d wanted to acco turned out to be very little After I broke a beaker and damn near burned my hand with the Bunsen burner, I’d cleared out of the lab before I killedI Jared’s hps on theht if that knife had sliced Jared’s neck or sto the corner, I iainst the yelloall next to the cafeteria doors, while Jared leaned into her His arm was posted to the wall above her head, and his head was dipped, bringing his lips within inches of hers The white top she wore rode up to reveal a sliver of skin as Jared’s thu her hip

He said soainst her lips, and KC’s chest rose and fell in deep breaths

No

My heart pounded, and heat rushed through my body I watched him finally catch her lips with his He slowly pulled her body to him, and she wrapped her arms around his neck Nausea rose in my throat, andall of the desserts one bite at a time

That bitch!

Wait, what? I should be mad at him, if not more so than KC, then at least equally Jared had pursued her, and I kneith all certainty, that it was to hurt me Why did I want her off of him instead of him off of her?

Luckily, nearly everyone was already in class Otherwise, they’d be putting on quite a shoas their only audience

As I glanced to the her He nibbled at her roan of pleasure from her Her eyes were closed, and she bit her botto that she was putty in his hands He did look like a good kisser, and I was breathless with the ache in my chest I flinched when I saw the delicate way he buried his lips behind her ear

Oh, Christ

The second bell sounded We had one led at the interruption Jared gave her a s her on the tip of the nose As she turned to run to class, he gave her a light slap on the ass

I dashed back around the corner If he didn’t follow her, then he was co this way I definitely didn’t want hier, and I didn’t want to lose my cool around hih the cafeteria doors "Was that KC that ran off? You haven’t tapped that yet?"