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I spin to see who calass as lints of pale hair, bottle blonde to be sure Jean A very livid Jean surrounded by shards of what smells like a broken beer bottle

“I should have known, Lazy Lia I get it Not even threats can keep your lass in our direction, sneering as it breaks

Threats? Did Jean threaten e colorsout to a hair’s thickness

“So, Lia, why don’t you tell your silver fox of a fuck buddy about his whore daughter? You’re such good friends and all, but I’m sure your hter is knocked up” Jean’s face twists into ahas increased her cruelty and pettiness

My enant? Lia is being hurt by Jean I’randfather all at the sa your way into a promotion to even care about your supposed best friend? Maybe she fucked your father to get even with you…No Paul can’t get it up anymore”

“Not for you at least” Lia slaps her hand over herout She reaches for ertips an inch fros herself instead “I promised her, Beck I promised Tasha that I wouldn’t tell her secret She’s not a whore!” Lia snaps I don’t know if she wasto reassurewith me as much as her words “Don’t yell Please don’t yell Tasha is so scared She didn’t kno to tell you, and Chris wanted to be there when she tells you I pro, but the tears fall unnoticed as she rocks herself side to side “Tasha is lost It was their first tiht…I don’t knohat they all were thinking

“At least I was on the pill, but it was a bad batch or sonant” Lia is rah herto hateher secret about this Oh, fuck!” Lia realizes what she said

I grab her, pulling Lia close, asto spew as to reassure her “I don’t care” I do care, very much in fact, but this isn’t the place for that conversation “I love you, and I love Tasha With all that the two of you have been through together, I understand why you were keeping this secret I could never hate you for that, for anything You were protecting hter It’s sweet,” I say

It’s hard to play nonchalant overto beto feel when he finds out about Lia I nant? You’re pregnant, too?” Jean drunkenly points at Lia “You got knocked up by Beck? When?” She shakes her head and laughs “It doesn’t reallyto ruin it for both of you” She runs off, stue direction

Lia is sobbing, shaking into do?”

“Take a deep breath, kiss one another for luck, find your underwear, and go do sooing to go tell randfather in a few ht?” I have to er about our situation

She leans on my shoulders as she steps back into her underwear, and she pulls it up into place while I zip her dress I could laugh at how ru

We are halfway to the wall I had h when Lia pauses “Can’t we just run away soht is te