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Moveht my attention I opened my eyes and looked up just as Luke stopped next to me He looked bad; Zach had certainly done a number on his face His cheek and jaere red, his lip split and swollen I daren’t even think what his body looked like He looked incredibly sorry for hi and his shoulders slumped His deep brown eyes met mine, and I felt my heart break all over for him He was so sad, so rejected, so low, but I just didn’t knohat to do, I didn’t know if I could forgive hi was ruined, I didn’t think there was any e could come back from this

Chapter 9

"Can I talk to you, just for a minute?" he asked quietly as he frowned at the floor

I still wasn’t ready to talk to hi like that I nodded, sing the sadness that seemed to ainst it, waiting for hi to say

He sed loudly and kicked his toes at the floor absentise for what happened in the lunchroo that, and I’m sorry if I embarrassed you even more than I already did I’m such a prick, and I’ at rinned ata little ah "What’s funny?" I asked

His ser "I just still find it funny when you cuss It’s just so random that a bad ould come out of a prettyquietly and shoving his hands into his pockets, rocking on his heels

I laughed weakly Luke had always found ot about that," Iiven?" he asked, looking at me hopefully

I frowned "For starting a fight, yes For cheating, no"

He frowned too, but he didn’t look shocked Maybe he expectedthose lines "Okay, that’s fair enough Can I just ask one thing?" he whispered, looking at o ahead "You didn’t really sleep with that guy, did you?" he asked, his voice breaking slightly as his eyes burned intoexpression on his face

"Do I really have to answer that?" I asked incredulously Does he really think that little of me that I would cheat on him the salared at hiain How dare he ask me that! Stupid jerk! "I’m done This conversation is over," I stated confidently as I startedthat I would actually skip my last class after all

"Maisie, I’?" he asked, jogging to catch rabbedme stop "Home? You want a ride? I could drive you so you don’t have to walk"