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"I can’t do that" I started to move and she fell in step beside me

"Why not?"

I are of the stares and how everyone parted for us It was always like that when I walked beside an Acadeic, but I kneasn’t They were the top of the food chain and they had the incisors to prove it Half of those that watched were scared of Amelia and, as a stab of pain pricked me, of me as well I’d had my share of confrontations with this school

"Hey! Back to this conversation!" Aers in front of me She pulled me into an empty classroom and slapped a hand on the door "Why won’t you have Malinda invite us?"

"Because it’s a family dinner"

"He told me Becky was invited"

"That was all Malinda Becky was there when she caht I didn’t do that"

"So undo it I don’t want you to go unless I’m there too" Her chin jutted out and she crossed her arlanced down and expected her foot to start tapping When it didn’t, I groaned "Oh, come on, Amelia What is your problem?"

"You have a thing for stepbrothers"

"I aed "Who’s to say you won’t want two of theo after Mark? He’s your boyfriend"

Her eyelids shuddered, and her head dipped down an inch Her voice softened "He doesn’t want to be exclusive"

These Elite girls I was going to kill them I forced my voice to be calm "Look, I promise you that I’ll never make a move on Mark Now, I can’t promise he won’t, but I will never reciprocate If I did, I will come to school with a tee shirt that says, ‘Slut who sleeps with stepbrothers’ How’s that for a promise?"

"Really?" Hope shiainst the whiteboard

"Well, okay" Her shoulders loosened, and she dropped her arms to her side "You would do that, wouldn’t you?"