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The hair on the back of ,caht above ainst the dark, I didn’t want to risk seeing anything they did toperverted jokes, and I kneas going to die

Somewhere behind me, I heard the screech of tires, but I just squeezed ?" a voice shouted to the side ofto the group of guys closing in on e tattooed guy growled, but he started taking a step back A car had pulled in the parking space to hts past me

"I think you should just back off," the new voice said

I peeked over to the side at hihts hid hi out, except his pink tee shirt

He took another step forward, andsteps back They weren’t h, and then suddenly, the blur of the pink shirt rushed towards theht any faster than hu thee

I blinked one

Not everyone, exactly The light above uy in the pink shirt stood next toblack letters across his chest, his shirt read, "Real men wear pink"

He looked older than me, probably in his early twenties, and he wasn’t particularly well-built or tall In fact, he leaned ine what had frightened off the other guys

His face was open and friendly, and he had an easy sh I had just been a few mo me

"Yeah," I said in a voice that barely sounded like my own "You saved my life"

"You shouldn’t be out here alone," he replied, co heroic

"My friend Jane is around here somewhere"

I rery that she had done nothing to save ain, neither had I, and I didn’t think that I should hold her to a higher standard than I did irls?" He raised an eyebrow

"I think Jane has ed friend?" He took his turn scanning the parking lot, and then pointed to so by a van parked on the other side "I think I see her over there"

"Where?" I squinted at where he pointed but couldn’t see anything