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YOU ARE THE MILK TO MY SHAKE, forever

and ever Love, J

He was the first boy I ever kissed He was my best friend More and more, I understood This was the way it was supposed to be He was the one My one

Chapter Four

We were dancing I hadaround us I felt flushed and abuzz, fro and from the alcohol The room was packed with people, but when Jere looked at me, there was no one else Just me and him

He reached down and tucked a strand of hair behindI couldn’t hear

“What?” I yelled

He yelled, “Don’t ever cut your hair, okay?”

“I have to! I’d look like—like a witch”

Jeremiah tapped his ear and said, “I can’t hear you!”

“Witch!” I shooka cauldron and cackling

“I like you witchy,” he said in my ear “How about just trims?”

I shouted, “I proive up your beard drea a beard ever since Thanksgiving, when so to see who could grow it the longest I’d told him no way, it remindedme

He tasted like beer, and I probably did too

Then Jeremiah’s frat brother Tom—also known as Redbird for reasons unknown toat Jere a water bottle And they weren’t boxers, they were tighty whities “Break it up, break it up!” he shouted

They started ot Tom in a headlock, Tom’s water bottle of beer spilled all over me and Anika’s dress

“Sorry, sorry,” hetwice

“It’s okay,” I said, wringing out the skirt and trying not to look at the lower half of his body

I left to try and clean it off in the bathroo line, so I went to the kitchen People were doing body shots on the kitchen table; Jere salt out of a red-haired girl’s belly button

“Hey, Isabel,” he said, looking up

“U up in the sink, and I booked it out of there

I headed to the upstairs bathroouy and a girl uy’s hand “I’m so sorry,” I said, but he didn’t seeirl’s shirt

When I finally made it to the bathrooh of relief This party was even wilder than usual I guessed with the end of year upon us and finals over, everybody was letting loose I was kind of glad Anika hadn’t been able to come

It wouldn’t be her scene—not that it was mine, either

I dabbed liquid soap onto the wet marks and hoped it wouldn’t stain Someone tried to open the door, and I called out, “Just a sec”

As I stood there, dabbing at the dress, I heard girls on the other side talking I wasn’t really paying attention until I heard Lacie’s voice I heard her say, “He looks hot tonight, right?”