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By the tis up, we’re at the mouth of the canyon that wraps around the lake The heater is on, but it’s hot outside and et damp underneath my leather jacket

"So your friend finally found someone interested in her, huh?" Cameron tosses his phone into the console

I crack theand suck in some fresh air "Asher’s not interested in her They’re just friends"

He turns down the heat "Hmm… that’s not what I saw It looked towith each other"

"I don’t agree with you," I say, slightly irked "And Asher isn’t really her type"

"It seems like everyone’s her type, if you ask ? You seeaze and the hurt in his eyes makes ht"

The pain in his eyes subsides as the sunlight reflects in his pupils "Well, you could have always came down to the cemetery and kept me company"

"Why were you there?" I ask "Were you looking for the faave up on that," he replies "I was actually there, hoping you’d show up again"

"Sure you were" My tone is cheerful, but I’m anxious on the inside Unlike Asher, Caood ways and bad "And now you’re going to tellabout me"

His passionate expression intensifies and he lowers his voice to an inti to tell you how lance down at the lace-up shirt Raven gave me that I’ve never worn until now I don’t even understand why I chose to wear it Maybe subconsciously to live up to Cameron’s flashy standards, and if it is, I’m disappointed in myself

He reaches over the console and fiddles with the ribbon on the front of er "You’re so entle tug on the ribbon, loosening it "There’s so much substance to you And innocence"

The top ofI want to tell hiet the words out, so I let hiers across the top of my chest I breathe as quietly as I can

"Maybe you’re not as innocent as I thought," he says in an accusing tone as his fingers trail lower

I lean away and tie the ribbon back up "Don’t pretend like you know hs, pulling back, and flips on the blinker "Look, I’m sorry I can be kind of cocky sometimes, but I promise I’ll try to tone it down for today"

I slip offrude again and I don’t knohy" Because I want to be with Asher

"Because I make you nervous," he says simply and slon the car He turns down a bumpy, dirt road that inclines to the shore of the lake The steep, rocky hillside is covered with shiny frager This is the exact spot where the accident happened

"What’s the ine and takes the keys out of the ignition

I riphere?"

He points at a fire pit in the ood place to go"

"Yeah, to get wasted and have sex," I say, thinking of all the lake parties Raven has dragged me to

He shoves open the car door "You say that like it’s a bad thing" He sla my head, I hop out of the car and slaliht like nickels and I pluck a piece from the rocks and turn it over in my hand

"Looks like someone had a bad accident" Cameron appears at my side and takes the piece ofreally fast to shatter the car so bad"

"Yeah, probably" I stroll to the edge of the shore where the water meets the sand Is the necklace still down there, trapped in the car?

Cameron co in " He uses the same seductive voice as he did in the ceed htheaded; almost hypnotized "I’m just sad…"

"Tell me why," he purrs "Maybe I can help"