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They spottedfor me to come join the not to step on anyone's hand

Once I was there, Anderson scooted closer to Ro a space between him and Dex I squeezed into it, and if my hip bu in each other's laps as it was

"Look at you," Dex enthused, leaning forith his elbows on his knees "E school athletics"

"Yeah," I said, "I' about Adam, Romy leaned across Anderson and said, "It's actually awesome that you showed up This is kind of an i"

Dex rolled his eyes "By which Romy means she tricked s like sports only to foist her ghost-hunting agenda on us once we got here"

"I kneas a PMS ," Anderson offered in his deep voice "I hate sports"

Dex flung his hand out toward the court "Well, I don't I have a very vested interest in watching those dudes in blue beat the ever-loving crap out of the Mary Evans High Hedgehogs"

"Wait, our ?" I asked

"Up until a few years ago it was a Confederate soldier," Anderson told me "But then everyone decided that was offensive, so they'd let the student body vote on a new one That's hoe'd ended up with the Mary Evans High Hedgehogs"

He nodded, and for the first ti near the cheerleaders There'd been so's quills had been tipped with silver paint to make them look sharp, and his face isted into a snarl

But all the quills and fierce expressions couldn't disguise the fact that, at the end of the day, the

It was hard to tear my eyes away from that spectacle, but I finally turned to Roht?"

Ros "Well, it was supposed to be the seance My ht, so it was the perfect chance, but e got here, the stupid trailer was locked"

Looking atyou like a billion times"

I'd leftit around, which I obviously needed to get better about I really didn't want these three doing a seance

"Romy asked us to break a ," Dex said, "but I told her I was not prepared to commit a crime, even in the naht soon?" Anderson asked

Before Ro toward us?"

"Oh!" I had kind of forgotten about Ada his way up the bleachers with two cups in his hands "He's, uether," I said, and almost as one, Romy, Dex, and Anderson turned to look at me

"Like, you're on a date?" Romy asked, both eyebrows raised "And you came to sit with us?"

"He said to find seats," I told her, lifting one shoulder in a shrug

"He probablyas far away from mine as he could "And preferably seats that didn't have you wedged between two other guys"

Romy was already at the very end of the row, and Anderson was as close to her as he could get Dex had a little space on his side, and he scooted away froh room to squeeze in between us

He handed me my Coke, the cup icy and slick in my hand "Thanks," I ain Was I not supposed to sit with my friends? Was that why Ada a sip of my drink, I wondered why it was there were auseful like, How to Go On a Noruys talking ghost stuff?" Adam asked, and next to me, I felt Anderson tense a little

But Romy leaned over, pleasantly surprised "We were, actually Okay, so everyone knows that this place has a ghost, and-"

"And you guys are going to slap on your tinfoil hats and get rid of it?"

Adam said it with a little smile, but it still sounded snide Mean, even

Romy's expression hardened and she turned her attention back to the court "No, we only use our tinfoil hats when there are aliens involved"