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"Oh" Concern filled her eyes, and she bit her lip "Oh irl had crawled back onto her seat She atchingThe other girl was just watchingfrom Marissa to me After another few minutes, she was the one who broke the silence She cried out, "Oh god, Marissa Let hie, I don’t know"

The friend leaned across the table and whispered, "Daazed around the roo to me "You can sit"

I frowned at them Did they really think I would hurt them that bad? I didn’t take the seat next to them Marissa was on the end Her two friends were across fro three chairs between Marissa and myself All three of them watched me but they didn’t talk to me After a few more minutes, I realized they had takento talk to lanced up and was surprised again They were still watchingme sit there, I took my tray and stood up People turned away and I realized they had all been watching It wasn’t just those three

When I put the tray away and turned for the exit, that’s when I glanced at the other side of the cafeteria All my friends were on that side They were confused, but I saw Kate standing, glaring across the room Her arms were folded across her chest as she pinned Marissa doith near-hate in her gaze

Walking over to her, I stood in front of her

Kate looked up The dark look in eyes didn’t leave "Why were you sitting over there?"

"Because I can" I narrowedover there"

"You’re lunch friends with her now?"

"You don’t get to have an opinion Relare was directed back to theave et to have an opinion"

I glanced to Logan and saw hi at where I had been sitting too When his gaze caughtto us, he stood next to usted sound "So because the big bad Kade brothers are standing up to me, you think you can tell me what to do?" She turned that chilly smile to me "All you do is preach about how I have no claih to fk you, you leave oes both ways" She glanced to the guy whose lap she vacated "I’ around anymore"

I didn’t care "Yeah, okay Whatever an and I looked at him, his Adam’s apple bobbed up and down as he sed When he wiped his palms on his pants, I told him, "Relax, Cosello I have no beef with you" Then I lowered irl alone All I did was sit with her at lunch"

She lifted her chin up "Like I said before, you have no business telling hed Tate was standing too, but she relea more, I’d make it worse Tate saw a new victim Kate was distracted As I stood there, my jaw clenched I hadn’t realized this would happen, but both groups were looking at Marissa like she was prey they could both enjoy

I turned around Marissa atching us, her face pale

Kate started laughing "Christ, look at you What’s wrong? Don’t tell ht the only person you care about is standing next to you He’s all you protect Even Monson gets the shaft soestured to the side where Nate had stood, but he aiting for my call I shook my head If he came over, it would be worse Kate would become evena distraction from her own torment Then Kate distracted me when she said, "Don’t beat yourself up, Mason It’s not the first tiirl’s stepped out of place We had a little round with her at the beginning of school"

"Stop this, Kate"

She laughed and shook her head "Not your problem Remember? Those are the terms you’ve always set What I do is none of your business" Then she walked away

A sick feeling took root in irls She had for a long tiuys never knew about When I glanced to Tate, she was saze collided withto break her how she had broken Logan, but still I hadn’t done anything

Logan was following lanced at Marissa too and frowned, then turned back toafter that girl because of that now, to hurt you back"

"I haven’t done anything to her"

"Yeah, you have Kate wouldn’t have gone after Tate if it wasn’t for you People knohat happened, Mason They know she ca They figured it out Tate bla to her" He nodded in Marissa’s direction "If you want to help her, distance yourself froirls will do what they always do You can’t stop thele" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">