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"So, I’ve been thinking that we shouldone"

"Yes, you are We’re going to go right back to the plan we had before you ran off"

I bite down on ue until I taste blood

"Did you by chance try out for cheerleading?" he asks as he retrieves car keys froo"

"And what sorority do the girls on the teaainst the light rain as I stare up through the cracks in the tree branches canopying above us I feel like a caged animal "I haven’t really talked to any of the to officially join the team, either I just went to the tryout because I was bored"

Evan pauses, grippingme to halt so abruptly I trip over et it You’re on your o, living in your own place away from your parents, but don’t fuck up our life, okay? We had plans back in Ralingford, and as long as you’ll cooperate, we can rin "Together, we’re going to be fantastic, just like ere in high school Everyone will envy us But it needs to be a e as ot to put in as ht path"

"What if I want to change that plan?" I clutch rasp onto because I feel like the ground is about to open up and shole "What if I don’t want that any no rooo to practice Then I’ll pick you up for the party afterwards"

He ushers us to start walking again and snatches hold of o to a party tonight" The lie falls fro "Why not?"

I shrug "I have homework"

"On the first day?"

"Yep" I stare ahead at the sea of bodies parting a path for us "And I want to stay on track because soon et a lot more difficult to stay on top"

He studies ive hih "You don’t have to work, Eet an apartht knots "I have my own place already"

"Yeah, I’ve seen that shithole and the trash that lives in it We’re not living there We’re going to get a nice place We’ll be perfect together We’ll have sex all the time, and I can keep an eye on you" He flashes rin, the one that can stop hearts, but it nearly kills , sprinting across the grass and disappearing, but as we stroll up to his car, I realize I have another problear?" I shakebeside Evan’s car "What? Are theyin with us, too?"