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"Gorgeous?" I repeated, eyeing Jaxon suspiciously Was he trying to be funny?

"Afraid so, Sara You look hot" He spoke so casually and then shrugged as he looked around the place "Most of these girls pale next to you That’s why soers into the back of your head"

Before I could respond, ere barraged by so friendly faces, I was able to forget the attention even though it felt like there was a neon sign on the two of us

The evening was fun We had a buffet followed by an awards ceremony that students had participated in to vote for their favourite friends Afterwards, tables were pushed aside and the dance floor was er to accommodate everyone

Jaxon, who looked calhout Then he grabbed my arm and forced, Sara," he replied, pullingto dance with you So come"

I wasin front ofthe blush that worhtin ways that forcedaway my hands so that I could see him, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Relax, Tiny Just enjoy yourself Pretend no one’s watching"

Giggling like a school girl and terrified of how I must have looked, I did what he asked Everyone was so involved with their partners, and with their friends, there was no concern over anyone’s terrible dancing skills In fact, as I looked around, there weren’t o andwith the music

Despite the a Jaxon, he batted nobody an eye He kept his eyes solely onme even closer when thebut his face and shoulders

"You clean up really well," I muttered to him

"Expected me to look like a bum?"

"No, just not this slick"

He sht?"

"Does it sound like an insult?"

I felt his shoulders shrug under htyou, there could be a hidden insult somewhere in there"

I stared into his deep blue eyes, watching the hu In fact, ay slower than everyone else, especially now that the ed and picked up pace My arers absent it around each finger