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She started bouncing in place Her hands clapped together with each bounce

I nodded with my eyes wide "I am very happy for you"

"Yay!" She pretended to do a cheer, but as she lifted her leg in the air, she kicked sorowled before they shoved through the crowd

"Oh!" Her hand flew to her ed close to ed I didn’t care "Do you knohere Adam is?"

"Oh yeah!" The cheerleader bounce was back in her step She wiggled her hips and pointed towards the senior hallway "He was talking to Rebecca Lindstrom"

"Thanks"

"Wait" She danced in front ofto see Ada stopped

"Because he has a job"

"I have a job"

"You do?"

"Yeah, well--no"

I started to edge around her again "I needto talk to him about it" I tiltedher lip and she twisted her hands together in front of her "Is that okay with you?"

Her shoulders dropped an inch "Yeah I’ll talk to you later?"

I nodded "You bet" I patted her shoulder as I hurried away When I got to the senior hallway, Adaether in front of his locker His head was bent towards hers and she was looking up If I couldn’t have heard their voices, I would’ve assu As I drew closer, I cleared lanced up and went back down Then his head jerked up again and surprised flared in his eyes "Samantha! Hey"

She turned around with a snooty pout on her lips Her shirt was tied tight around her chest and lifted up to show her midriff As she let out an annoyed breath, her hands smoothed out her skirt It was inched down as a result "Hi, Samantha"

"Rebecca" I tried for a blank look "How are you?" I remembered that she was friends with Jessica, had been since first grade They grew up next door to each other

"Good"

"Hey" Adam stepped out from his locker and to the side Rebecca frowned at their distance "What’s going on?"

"You have a job, right?"

"Right" His eyes shifted back and forth "So?"

"And you have hockey starting up? That has to take ti there?"