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Grinning hugely, and ignoring his cousin’s i nervous breakdown, he sauntered over to the front desk to put his game plan into action

Chapter 11

"Oh, da to find purchase on the old metal cabinet, but there wasn’t any to be found

"Alien!" one of the girls currently trying to pull her down so that they could douse her with litter, screamed so her lips nervously as she tried to pull herself up, but the small hands clasped around her ankles and the fact that she lacked any real upper body strength prevented her fro a s as possible

"We need litter!" she heard one of the to yank her back down so that they could dulitter on her in an attempt to destroy her powers, the powers that Matthew claiot out of this she was going to-

Screae hands cupped her botto her no choice but to scra position on top of the metal cabinet As soon as her butt hit the top of the cabinet she pulled her legs up, a tad bit concerned that the little rab hold of her legs and pull her back down She pulled her knees up to her chest, scooted back until her back hit the wall and-

Frowned, as she looked down at the face of the obscenely handso beco s her off his face, and wondered what he was doing here

"So, here’s what I’ sly sexier with every syllable that left his , "I’ll pick you up at seven, we’ll grab a bite to eat and then catch a movie afterwards"

She blinked, sure that she’d misheard him He couldn’t have possibly just asked her out on a date

"Ulance down and ih off the floor she was Shethe wall

That killer s as he said, "I’d like to take you out tonight"

"I see," she said, si while her mind processed what he’d said and when it did, she said, "Oh, um, no thanks," and moved to climb off the cabinet only to rehts and that there was currently an ar to attack her

"Why not?" he asked, leaning back against her desk, looking unfazed by her rejection

Instead of answering him, she asked, "Do you think you could helpwith amusement as he studied her

"No?" she repeated, sing back a curse when she risked another peek over the edge only to find a s up at her, arlitter "U back a safe distance fro children

"Why won’t you go out with me?" Danny returned cal for another friend, another guy to look at her like a kid sister, and she sure as hell didn’t want to go through the et rejected at the end with a barely-there kiss on the cheek and a few complimentary words about hoeet she was She especially didn’t want to go through that with him