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Leaning htly a few ti she wouldn’t hear it and wouldn’t answer I straightened up when I heard the bolt click for her to letthe door open and turned back around to walk back to her closet, sing Thoughtjust a fehile I get ready?" She spoke calo never happened I had no idea how to play this, so I thought I’d just see what turned up

"Sure, sounds good Take your tie of her bed My suspicion haddifferently I lifted the corner of her co different I lifted her jacket toit for…for someone else I touched her pillows and then stood to slip open her top drawer, curious and now full of paranoia I saw her figure pass from the open closet door to the bathrooht

"Just one led

All I could think was, "What the hell was going on?" I felt like I’d landed in a Twilight Zone

I was full on pacing now in the center of her roo with itself over whether or not I should confront her about what I’d heard I tossed ers intoout of her closet door, dressed cute-as-hell in a black shirtdress and tall boots, al my worries dissolve, e both turned to face her door The light tapping was acco voice

"Nolan, it’s me Open up, please? I feel bad…I…I didn’t want to h not as upset as he was about to be when I was the one to open the door for hiot the confirmation I needed when she just stared at the door, eyes wide, face ghost-white and htly open She turned to look at me, and in that brief instant I just held up my hand "Don’t," I said, a little short, then put my hand over my mouth and rubbed ret "I’ll get this"

When I opened the door, Gavin just stood there--he was still and stared right back ats down at his feet "Reed…how’s it goin?" he said, reaching his hand out to shake mine I stared at it for a few seconds and then just chuckled and walked into the roo my back on him

"Well, I don’t know, Gavin You tell ?" I said, the assle version ofout to play now I leaned into Nolan’s desk and took Gavin in as he walked into Nolan’s roo do, at the edge of her bed, her arlossy?

"Did you tell hi in Nolan’s direction

"Tell me what, Gavin?" I interrupted I didn’t like the way he wasNolan feel, and hed heavily and looked down at his feet, and he flexed the He tilted his face back up tobreath before he spoke "I kissed her," he said, shrugging his shoulders and s innocent game

That’s all it took

Within a half second,face I hadn’t punched anyone in a long tih e While Gavin was busy stu his nose, I flew at hirabbed fistfuls of his collar and jerked hi in his face

"You piece of shit, you keep your hands off etting ready to shove hih the noise inhirabbed my sleeve and yanked one of my arms from Gavin’s With her distraction, Gavin was able to shoveatheavily, and Gavin iping his nose along his long sleeves, a sainst the opposite wall and turned to look at Nolan, as standing between us now, her back towas too damned familiar I don’t knohen the words formed in my head, or if they even did, but as soon as they leftto ruin me