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"What? I can’t hear you," he said with a grin, putting his hand to his ear

"You can hear me just fine, Paxton Wilder," I shouted

"Come on up I don’t want to have to yell back at you" He e "Or there’s a ra for the side of the theater

"Hey!" Brooke said froe, her notebooks perched on her lap "Did you co class," I said, passing behind her

"Nothing better than a nagging wo her feet fro you to stop being a bitch, Zoe," Brooke snapped "I’ll walk you up, Leah"

"How is Wilder juggling schoolwork and practice?" Bobby asked, a camera not far behind him

I stole Landon’s line "That’s a question for Wilder, don’t you think?"

He tipped his hat with a smile "You’re a fast learner"

"You’re always in ed me past the crew and up the rarin, now at the top of the half-pipe

"Would you stop going higher?" I asked,

"Howclass?" he responded,to the ladder that led to the platforrasped both sides of the ladder in a death grip The landing had a railing at the back of it, no doubt to keep his idiotic ass fro I could easily make it up there It was only twenty feet, and by God, he was not killing et his ass to class

Rung by rung, I cli Katy Perry’s "Firework" to distract round

My head popped over the rim of the half-pipe, and Paxton offered his hand, his eyes shining with a kind of victory

"What are you so happy about?" I mumbled as he pulled me onto the platforht and found the railing, and I loosened rip on Paxton

"Look at you, up onyou from class"

He shed, cliive you so to the other end

The ca us a tiny bit of privacy "It’s good to see you," Paxton said, his eyes ski my features