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I saw the open seat It was in the front row, but on the opposite side of Tate with a table between us

The teacher pointed to it and said, "You will be sitting with Miss Hooper for the year Be nice, Mason She’s the only one you can talk to for the rest of the year"

As she was nanized her froned to work on a different project at the beginning of the year She hadn’t been excited to deal with me then either, but I hadn’t cared I hadn’t paid her any attention I did now, though, considering the circumstances Then I tensed Kate was always jealous when I spoke to other girls I glanced back at her, but she wasn’t paying attention Then I gritted irlfriend and I needed to stop caring

As I sat next to her, she scooted her chair back Her eyes were filled with fear and awe She was tiny with dark hair that was pulled in a ponytail I scanned her over, but there wasn’t much to her When I nodded hello, she jerked her head away and hunched over her notebook

I frowned Shit I kneas scary, but I didn’t knoas that scary "Relax I only screith people who fksound, but she didn’t look up

"Don’t fk lared atthe ground rules" I leaned back in estured for hi I won’t interrupt anymore"

He pinched the top of his nose and looked in pain Shaking his head as he turned back to the board, he muttered to hiet through five more years"

I frowned I didn’t think I deserved that reaction My table aveon these"

I nodded "I didn’t ain and she retracted her hand as if she’d been burned The slight smile vanished Then she jerked her head in a nod "I know I…you’re a lot"

I narrowed irl that I was used to dealing with Taking the worksheet, I saw she had started on the first question When I began to fill out the second question, I said to her, "We worked together before Do you remember that?" She didn’t answer so I added, "You’re not a norod" Her cheeks turned red and she closed her eyes for a moment "Do you know the answer to question three? I couldn’t find that one"

She was one of those girls that hugged the wall I saw them in the hallways They stayed by their locker or their friends’ lockers and never said anything When I walked by, they watched me, but they never said a word I had never dealt with one up close and personal I was used to girls co her lip and her hands slid frorabbed fistfuls of her pants and held onto it Her head hung down

"Relax I’irls like you" I didn’t date at all, but she looked ready to pee her pants and sit in it even if it forirls I deal with I’ to herself