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"Well, it wasn’t you It was this eighty-year-old guy And he had this dead deer with him I don’t knoas more surprised I just screamed when I saw him And he nearly had a heart attack I wasn’t naked, but I was close I was so ashamed of myself He wasn’t even sweet about it He said I was trespassing I told hithat saved me was that Artie and I have the sauy my ID There was blood on his hands And he said there were other guys co He’d just assumed ht you were co So I couldn’t leave I put on utted that poor deer I waited there after they left I waited there until dark The cabin smelled like blood, A But I stayed there And you never came"

I tell her about Dana Then I tell her about Michael, and running out of his house

It’s soh

"How are we supposed to do this?" she asks me "How?"

I want there to be an answer I want to have an answer

"Come here," I say And I hold her close, because that’s the only answer I have

We stand like that for awhat coym opens, we pull away froyirl from class But it’s not even that door It’s the door froh

"What the hell?" he says "What The Hell?"

Rhiannon tries to explain "Justin--" she begins But he cuts her off

"Lindsay textedto see if you were okay Well, I guess you’re real okay Don’t let me interrupt"

"Stop it," Rhiannon says

"Stop what, you bitch?" he asks He’s on us now

"Justin," I say

He turns to me "You’re not even allowed to speak, bro"

I’ e of round

Rhiannon screams and moves to help me up Justin pulls at her arm

"I always knew you were a slut," Justin says

"Stop it!" Rhiannon cries out

Justin lets go of her and co my body

"This your new boyfriend?" Justin yells "You love him?"