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She shrugged "I’ll take you over those bioes out with any day You knohat I’ets the next day"

"Does he take the Jaxon, he probably wouldn’t have cleaned up after hiive s are strictly unwelcoe your parental controls"

"What… Again?"

I nodded "Oh, yeah Again"

She sighed in annoyance "That little bastard Boys I wanted a lovely little girl like you, but God gavebody, sleeping like the dead face down in his pillow Right on cue he let out a loud, unabashed snore How could so to fear

Four

Lucinda bannedback to hteen, I was going to be an adult soon and didn’t need ave eot the bed, but he refused Lucinda did too Then I began to see why; Jaxon went out alht, and wouldn’t co Sometimes he would crash on the couch, other times on the blanketed floor next to my bed He told me to cover for him every ti He’d say eleven knowing full well that his Moer than ten, and I would have to nod in agree down, and prom was on the horizon Every day I’d wait in anticipation to be approached by a boy I got so many looks – looks that clearly screamed they were interested in me, but nobody asked me I was so desperate I knew I’d say yes to anyone – even Garrett Abbott But not even he approached me despite the fact it was so obviously apparent he had no date either

What the hell was everyone’s problem? I felt like I was in a quarantine, and people were too in fear of catching some kind of zombiehard on my appearance, it was a loatch even the et asked

"Anyone ask you out to prole day I cah "No, Jaxon, nobody!" I snapped, running up to the bedroo s in his bed with the covers over– because really, why did Prom even matter so much to irl in school

Still Nobody asked me Why?

"I’m fine," I lied But he ripped the covers off before I had the chance to wipe away my tears

"You look like shit"

"Thanks, Jaxon! Thank you for telling me I look like shit Don’t you think I know that?" I barked back, fighting to grab the covers frorip "It’s the only reason I haven’t been asked to Prom, so don’t tell me what I already know!"

Silence Then, "Are you on your period or soo away, Jaxon!"

He didn’t He sat down facing rinned fro to hi his eyes would explode and his mouth would disappear into that smartass face of his

"If you’re so hard done by for not being asked to Prom, why don’t you just ask so me with a face like he had some kind of secret

"Ask sonance "Are you stupid? Do you kno desperate and euy out to Proo on and on about equal opportunity,for you to put your hand up"