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I wish I would learn to shut up around hi to keep this part of ainstit out freely

"You’re the coolest da like an idiot Ilike an idiot on the outside

"If you’re working on uard Deal’s still in place, and if it makes you feel better, then I won’t involve the club"

My happywas a shaes up and eous with a frown, but he’s perfection with a s to hire me last week"

"Would you hate me if I told you that you scared the hell out of s I’ truthful There’s not too many people who can do honesty"

The way he stares at me, as if he likes who I ah my hair and pretend I’m crazy interested in the ends, because I have no idea what to do with , so I do what any other self-respecting seventeen-year-old would do: change the subject "Mr Duncan told me about this class yesterday and he let me take the book home, so I read the syllabus and--"

"You rin

I bob my head back and forth "Maybe" Yes "Anyhow, there are projects and Mr Duncan said we can do theether, but I’m not sure you’ll want to ith h "Razor--"

"We’re working together You’re smart, I’m not"

"You’re one of four people who tested into AP physics I’ But anyhow, you need to reood at math, and there is math in physics, so--"

He slices his hand across his throat, ending the discussion, and I snap uy e friendship, I’ him into conversations he doesn’t want to have

"Back to the deal" There’s a glint to Razor’s eyes that’s a hundred percent"You crack my code and I’ll continue to watch your back, and I’ll even sweeten the pot If you and your friends want to go out dancing, I’ll be DD, mop the floor with any boys that try to cop a second-base feel, then I’ll et safely home"