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Jessica walks into the rooers lace with mine on top of the desk and the heart that had picked up speed moments before is now supersonic

I study our joined hands on the table and I have to aders are dwarfed coirl who’s not really feers appear sli to daydreale in h but not sandpaper Strong but not weighted And warm Very, very warm If our entwined hands create such bliss, I wonder if his lips against mine would cause fireworks

"Your friend Jessica is a piece of work," he mutters and I pull out of my daydream

Cautiously, I peek at hiuys over before Did West fall for it? "Rumor has it she’s been extremely friendly with you and not a friend to uys have a text gossip notification syste towrong with her She doesn’t understand no"

I giggle and let h I don’t understand why he’s touching ether" without PDA

"Maybe she’s testing you You know, to see if you’re really into gers over her shoulder tellsit’s because I’ve pretend scored a guy she wants

He surveys the room "Anyone else I should be aware of?"

"Probably everyone" I’eous as West Even though ould never work Even though I shouldn’t want us to work

The warning bell rings and Marissa chooses a seat in the back next to a hot guy My lips curve up Go, Marissa Though the guy would probably notice her lued to the inside of a book

I rock our knotted hands on the table "What’s with the hand-holding?"

A sooey brownies fresh out of the oven "Besides the fact if I don’t your fingers will fall off from frostbite?"

"Ha, ha, ha" My cheeks war me empty "We’re in science Consider it an experiment"

"On what?"

He turns his attention to the front of the roolare causes ive In fact, he holds on tighter "On that"

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