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With another light laugh she didn’t feel, she said, “Guys, it’s no big deal I just avoidYou’d be aave therin

When neither man so much as cracked a smile, her bravado deflated

“Don’t play it off, Jazzy,” Screw said “You need to look You need to see that you haven’t been destroyed That you’re beautiful” He cupped the back of her neck “You can’t live your life afraid of your own skin What about men? What about sex?”

Her daan to quiver, and her breath felt stunted She rolled her eyes “Leave it to you to turn this into a sex thing”

Screw didn’t take the bait The coed too close to pity to be tolerable, so she pulled away and put a few feet of distance between them

“He’s not , Jazzy”

God, now Gumby decided to take Screw’s side?

“It’s a legiti to close yourself off from relationships, from pleasure for the rest of your life?” Gumby reached for her but she stepped back

“I pleasureher hands on her hips “Not that it’s any of your business, but I don’t need to stare at a mess of scars to use my vibrator”

She didn’t htened “What about co a life with someone?” he asked

Jazz’s head fell back on her shoulders as a genuine laugh bubbled out of her “Oh, that’s rich That how you view the future, Screw? Pretty sure you think that’s all a load of bullshit You don’t need any of it to get off, so why the fuck would I?”

“Because you’re a better person than I aot in her face “Because you deserve what Toni and Shell have What Izzy and Chloe and Holly have You deserve it fucking all” His voice rose to a yell, and she fought the urge to run and hide

“Screw, come on, man” Guered far longer than acceptable before stroking a path down Screw’s back TheThe connection between theht back to the scene she’d observed in the bunk rooht

She’d much rather focus on that than the e

Jazz cocked her head “You know, I saw you two”

Both men froze, but Gumby’s was the only face she saw as Screw had turned his back to her He cleared his throat “Saw us?”