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Dekka had gotten to her feet "You would do it, too, wouldn’t you?" She waved her hand angrily and Brianna dropped two feet back to earth

"Do you ever think about anything besides yourself?" Dekka yelled To Brianna’s amazement there were tears in Dekka’s eyes She wiped the herself She left a smear of blood, like red paint

"Hey, I’m sorry or whatever," Brianna said hotly "What do you want et the chance What do you want frolyobvious that Dekka was

"Fourto me," Dekka said

"I’ve talked to you," Brianna said But she looked away as she said it, suddenly even er Need was soan before her voice choked off She took a few seconds to master it Then, unable to ht I was done for I ain; then she shook her head angrily, like she was pushing through it "It was bad, that’s all And I was dying I should have died But I didn’t want to die without telling you"

"Yeah, whatever," Brianna said, shifting froo tearing off at a hundred miles an hour

"I told you I loved you"

"Uh-huh"

"And you said nothing Nothing For four ed "Look, okay, look" She sed hard "Look, besides hest chick in the FAYZ," Brianna said "I ht ere like sisters, you know? Like badass sisters"

Dekka’s eyes, so hot and furious, went blank For a long ti At the space beside Brianna Finally Dekka sighed "Like sisters"

"Yeah, but like rocking-the-tough-chick-thing sisters"

"But … you don’t…"

This was a Dekka Brianna wasn’t prepared for She looked s gone Darkness was co on fast now Shadoere deeper, and the shadoere just shadows of other shadows

Dekka squared her shoulders Seeay You don’t like girls"

Brianna frowned "I don’t think so"

"Do you like boys?" Dekka asked, her voice strained

Brianna shrugged Every part of this made her uncomfortable "I don’t know, jeez I made out with Jack a couple of times But that’s because I was bored"