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"I don’t think he’s looking for roet laid"

She rolled her eyes "How do you know that?"

"U relationships Based on Tanner’s dating history--or should I call it, hook-up history, because I don’t think he really dates--I’e Kyler did"

"That’s because he was always in love with you"

Syd shtly "True But maybe Tanner has always--"

"Oh my God, don’t even finish that statement" I snickered "Because that would just be absurd"

"Okay Fine Are you looking for a relationship?" she challenged

I opened my mouth to say no, but I snapped my jaw shut I had no idea if I was or not I wasn’t actively seeking one, but if a good thing fell in h I probably wouldn’t throw Tanner out ofWell, that was a co, but there was no way sorow tired of ed as I glanced back outside Tanner was standing next to the pool, hands on his hips He was staring at the doors, and I stepped back, feeling my cheeks heat Thank God he couldn’t hear us "I don’t know I hter filled the kitchen "Slut-a-roo? Hooking up with someone doesn’t make you a slut"

"That I know for sure" I sent her a cheeky grin over ain "I don’t know It’s just weird It’s just…" I nibbled on my lower lip "I’ve never told you this, because honestly, I never saw the point and it was before I knew you, but…I met Tanner my fresh, I swore she’d hit a decibel higher than normal I watched Tanner dive into the pool "Well, we didn’t really meet He had no idea who I was He was just in two of est crush on hied and then faced her "When I say he had no idea who I was, I’ After ain, just around caht"

She eyedtoyou or paying attention What did he do?"

My cheeks started to burn "Remember Clara Hansen? She was my roommate my freshman and sophomore year"

"Um Yeah A little She wasn’t at your dorm a lot That I remember" Syd joined me at the door

"Well, she had one of those classes with me Clara had to know that I had the hots for him, because I think I drooled on myself every time he walked into a lecture I mean, I never told her that I did, but… Whatever, it doesn’tthe burn itat the library and came back to the dorm late Clara wasn’t alone She was in bed and she was roaned "Let uess She ith Tanner?"

"Yep"

"What a bitch!"

"Like I said, I never told her that I liked hier pinched her pretty face "Whatever How in the world does he not remember you when you walked in on them?"

"He was um…he was busy, and the moment I saho it was, I backed out of that room faster than I’ve ever moved" I finished off the bottle "He had to have known someone had opened the door, but he doesn’t knoas me And I know it’s stupid, but that whole situation has always botheredover to the garbage can, I tossed the empty bottle "But it’s dunize that I like to think I’ve hed when Syd raised her brows atto do about it now?" she asked

I shook rin spread across her face "Well, I think you’ll figure it out But only if you coers Andrea ers I’d ever tasted, and I tried to tell her that, but she’d spent the better part of our little cookout up Syd’s ass, and now that it was dusk, we hadn’t exchanged more than a handful of words

If I didn’t know better, I’d think she was avoidingrather attention-seeking at the moment, especially since the lovebirds were plastered to each other in the shallow end of the pool Syd was in Kyler’s lap, and I really hoped there were no shenanigans going on

Sitting on the ledge of the pool withinto the water, I leaned forward as Andrea came back outside Are of the pool and looked at me