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Over the years, she’d endured a lot of harassment because of me People are easily ossip is taken as gospel Tell people that sos, and you just have to sit back and watch the school flood with talk

However, by junior and senior year, my childish rumors were about as effective as a broken condouys away fro so much anymore They saw she was beautiful, and now, after the locker room incident, they saw her as a slut, too

And for the first tiirl I just wanted to wrap her up in my arms and see her smile

My eyes narrowed, and I wished for a perfect world where I could toss darts at this guy’s dick "Don’t talk to her again," I como fking hide in

Was I better than him?

No But I’d deal with that shit later

Tate let out an aggravated sigh as Nate walked off, and I turned hten I saw the scowl, kneas ure out hen she spoke up

"Don’t do me any favors," she sneered "You’re a uess I’d be miserable, too, if my parents hated me Your dad left you, and your ht?"

I stopped breathing, and the room shrunk in on me

What the fk did she just say?

I stared at her, feeling torn apart and dead, knowing that it was co she spoke the truth

I didn’t forget to breathe I just didn’t want to anymore

It felt like every eye in the roo behind their hands, laughing at lanced around, I realized no one was even paying us any attention

My eyes sharpened on her, and I reed up to look like a good girl, but make no mistake--there was a bitch in there

"Okay, class," Mrs Penley called out, walking through the door

I said nothing and continued to my seat

"Please take out your coo’, please take your materials and sit next to that person for today’s discussion Feel free to move desks side by side or face to face Go"

I sat there, and Ivy Donner was on me before I even had a chance to pull out my co Ben Jae thing was, I felt nothing looking at her Like I was nuo to hold her and tell her I was sorry was cory, either

Tate was lost to me I didn’t care

I was shit I didn’t care about that, either

She looked at me every once in a while I didn’t want her I didn’t hate her

I Just Didn’t Care

Chapter 17

"Stop!" KC laughed "You’re cheating!"

"I don’t cheat" I stood there, set another one"

KC and I squared off across my pool table in the fah

KC the Pool Shark Who would’ve thought?

After school, and the episode with Tate, I’d cooled off at work and then headed home

As I’d pulled into my driveway, I’d noticed a black Lincoln parked next door at the Brandts’ and had irandmother

Normally, I would’ve been pissed that Tate now had an adult around, interfering

But that wasn’t it

Her grandmother was in everyone’s business and always tried to talk to me when she came to visit I should’ve known she’d coht now I just hoped she didn’t stay long

KC had coaued "Not the six and the ten! You can’t put two balls in the pocket at the same ti awesome" I shot back

She scowled at me and twisted her lips up in frustration

Her frustration was kind of cute, and she was a beautiful hter than mine, was in a loose ponytail, and she had on no irl wasn’t into you, this was it

"Fine" I shrugged and putannoyance "Take your shot"

Her eyes lit up as did her bright smile, and she leaned down over the table to take her turn

Even though it was getting on to ten o’clock, I wasn’t in any hurry for her to leave

She won four out of the five gaet ht girl who couldn’t touch a single thing in Fresh "Ew" learned how to be a hard-nosed pool player

We walked towards the living roo her in

"So I have to ask you soh "Yeah,down on the couch, she stared at her hands in her lap "I know you’re using ry, or…" and she looked up at me, "jealous"