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Ty: Be right down Sae in the hall I’onna take a few beers to fix this

Ty: You’re buying

Me: Naturally

Chapter 22

Rowe

"Well, last night could not have gone any worse," I say while Cass finishes getting ready for her Friday e is, but she still takes a while getting ready every ain So you two ran into his ex, and he said you were his friend," Cass peeks her head around the corner while she holds her hair up on her head, poking a pin in the side

"Yep, that’s pretty much it"

"Well, I do date his brother, and they can both be pretty stupid Honestly, I wouldn’t worry about it," she says, leaning back in to look over her hair in the ht, okay I won’t worry about it Poof! Look at that, I’ Suddenly, I have no troubles Good advice," I’ the seriousness of what I’ to class Try to fix your attitude before I get back so we can go to his ga for the tournao to the gys since you don’t have a class this afternoon," she says, pulling her backpack fro to be cheery

"Whatever, I’ you See you at four" I love Cass’s brand of tough love, and in ht now, I just want someone to want to help me spread rumors about Nate on the Internet

After Cass leaves, I try just kickingTV I used to watch soap operas withis how I haven’t watched it once since I’ve been at McConnell, yet here I a in the storyline Jack is dead…or is he? Jennifer is dating so for soht Maybe I should check out the rec center They had soaet back into it…just a little

It takes me a while to pull my racket out from the bottom of my trunk It’s still buried under the thick winter coat I have yet to use I haven’t swung it seriously in two years, but I could still beat e into a pair of cotton shorts and a thin T-shirt, then grab my iPod and lock up If no one is there, I’ll just put my racket in a locker and try out a few of theI know, because I waited outside our door for his to crack open, and then I hurried inside before he could notice He lingered in the hallway for a while, which ; that unsettled feeling ht I was about to give up," Tucker says fro He looks like he’s been running, and the fact that he’s waiting here--forfor me?" I’ to twitch

"Uh…I…yeah I was I’ and then I sort of found myself here, and then I started to think, ‘huh, I bet she lives here,’ and then next thing I know I’ with my iPod Sorry, I…hmmmm Yeah, just sort of did this I don’t know" He looks nervous and embarrassed, which actually sets me a little at ease

"It’s okay I was just surprised by it I’ to feign disappoints, but I also don’t want hi And I really don’t want Nate seeing hi

"Oh, yeah Iby Where you headed? I’ll head back with you"

Great "I’s in," I say, holding up the racket

"Need a partner?"

He’s persistent But I don’t think he’s really threatening, and I do need so in with a group of strangers I’ to give hi out of here, away from my dorm and farther away from the ball fields I know Nate is at for most of today