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Angel reached the faded red Toyota before Alex could even get his door open
"What are you doing here?" I asked when I finally reached theel around in circles and sat her back on the ground She giggled as she stumbled around like a drunkard "Ummmyou told me to meet you here?"
"Like in a dreae"
We stared at each other in confusion for a long minute
"Can I see your phone?" I finally asked
Alexʼs inbox had es I didnʼt read, which makes me a saint), and "Boo", who I had to assue with a 3:17 time stamp
"Meet meLandeen Park in 1 hour"
"You thought I would ʼ?" That bothered me more than the fact that I hadnʼt been the one to send thewhen they text" He took the phone from me, brow furrowed "If you didnʼt send it, who did?"
I could only think of one person with both access andaround with her arel, did you stealup speed
"Why did you tell Alex toand promptly tumbled onto her butt "Cause no one ever co out and no one will ever know Itʼs like having a secret club" Not for the first tis to be an evil genius
The Pretty Purple Unicorn Club, naela Sophia Donovan, el in the swing or as alked the woodland trails, Angel riding on Alexʼs back When it was tio wait in the car so Alex and I could have a few minutes alone I found rowing
By the time March rolled around I was in a state of perpetual bliss I had an a boyfriend who completely adored me Okay, so he was a secret boyfriend who I couldnʼt be seen with in public, but thanks to Angel we got to spend several afternoons a week together I was co into the home stretch ofto slack off Calculus was even beco to understand nearly half of what Mr Beck said And Toby had followed through with the private lessons Every Friday I would drive down to the Base and allow Charlieʼs sadistic big brother to torture er andsession Toby leftyet another sparring match The front door was left open to let in the first war-like day of the year The breeze that wafted in sbefore I decided to throw for a few hip shakes and shimmies to my routine I completed a rather beautifully executed round-house kick and twirled around a couple of tiht hook Instead, I collided into a rather solid chest