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I passed Dae look My socks were cool

"A how you saw her socks?" Lesa asked

Carissa punched her on the arm

"We live next door to each other," he res"

I shook "

"Blushing," he said, pointing at lared at hiht?"

Butterflies filled ed "I have plans"

He frowned "What kind of…plans?"

"Just plans" I turned around quickly and focused on the chalkboard

I knew Daeaze was fixed on the back of s Definite progress had been ether without killing each other or sub to wild monkey lust My new laptop was divine Si his ass kicked or to tell people he saw ht

That last bit made me s I really had to come clean with Blake It wasn’t fair to him…or to Daemon I wasn’t ready to suddenly believe Dae there

Even if ithis dish over "Try some of this"

I kept my expression in check as I twirled hed "It’s really not that bad It smells kind of funny, but I think you’ll like it"

After a slanced up, s "Okay Not bad"

"I can’t believe the first tiinia"

I ranThe small candle on the side of the table flickered "I’er kind of chick"

"Well, we have to change that, because you don’t knohat you’refrom him "Thai is my favorite Love the spices"

The slilasses She kept s coyly at Blake I couldn’t blauys who could pull off the sweater and button-down shirt look

I tried so fun, but as I pushed the food around the plate, I felt a weird tug in reat ti at school today," Blake said after the waitress left

Slu of curses God only knehat he’d heard Ru like UFOs "I’m afraid to even ask"

He looked syuy because of you"

We’dup Daemon I slumped a little in my booth "Yeah, he kind of did"

Both his brows rose in surprise as he leaned forward "You going to tell me why?"

"You haven’t heard the ruh his s, but I don’t believe theured he’d hear the not-so-true parts sooner or later Hell, hedate froer flashed in his hazel eyes, and when I’d finished, he sat back "I’lad Daemon did pummel the dick, but that’s kind of an extreme reaction for someone who’s just a ’friend’"

"Daeested

"Yeah, that, but he’s kind of protective of…u all kinds of aard "And so he got a littleHe’s really not that bad Just takes a little bit to get used to"

"Well, I can’t blaht he was going to breakthe plate back to him, I rested my chin on my hand I needed to tell him the truth Soon But I didn’t want to spoil dinner I was being a total chicken, but I rationalized it was okay if I at least told hi Heck, I wasn’t even sure what I was going to say No, I’ about hoe combust every tiet too close? I sighed "Enough about Dae so far froreed A distant look crept into his eyes "Surfing is probably the only thing that clears my mind When I’ My brain is officially empty It’s just the waves and me It’s peaceful"

"I can understand that" Silence stretched out for a longIt’s justelse"

"Sounds like you do it to escape"