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I scowl at Kurt "Well? Do you wanna talk about it?"

"Talk about what?" he says testily

I lower ht?"

"When you screa you weren’t expecting"

Kurt slams shut his textbook so hard that it makes me jump "You’re the one person who’s never supposed to talk to me like that," he says "Like I don’t understand You’ve wanted to screw hi? I’ "I don’t think that You know I don’t think that"

"You do"

There’s truth to what he’s saying It shames me

"Listen I don’t want to tag along on your dates, and I don’t want you to stop going out, but it’d be nice to know if you still gave a shit about me"

I crumple down beside him onto the bed "I’m sorry"

"Don’t say you’re sorry Say you’re still ainst his shoulder and sigh "What can I do to make it up to you?"

"For starters, you can fix your lock I never want to see your brsts again"

"Oher than the last time I saw them"

I shove him away "Do you want me to leave? Because I’m seriously about to voain "I don’t ever want you to leave"

"Come with me this weekend," Josh says "Out of the country"

It’s Friday, and we’reout in a custodial closet between second and third period It’s been a long, tension-filled week Today is Josh’s last day of detention, and this will be our final weekend before he has to fly to New York for the election

I think he’s kidding until I see his expression "Josh We can’t just go"

"Why not? I went to Gerainst my back, and I shove it aside "That’s different"

"The only difference is that it’d be better, because you’d be with o with hiain, and Josh throws it into the corner "Stay," he tells it

"I hate this closet"

"Coo someplace where on’t have to prop open our doors and hide between mops"