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“UNH,” Shanna groaned “Why are you asking about HER?”

“I thought I’d get to know your friend Aren’t you guys good friends?”

Shanna bounded over to led, then whispered way too loudly, “Which is why you’re gonna leave, right? Shanna night, remember?”

I turned my head and looked at her only two inches away from my face She smelled like a brewery – and a cheap one, at that “You are so drunk”

“Shitfaced” The bad stage whisper started up again: “Pleeeaasssse? He’s soooo hot!”

He was, but it was duo was probably already massive; now it had to be Godzilla-sized

I looked over at Derek I thought he would have been grinning hi Shanna throw herself at him – but no

He was staring atto do? kind of way

I pictured hi on Shanna’s bed, naked, with only a tiny bit of la across his muscular, naked body…

I shivered

Then I got a hold of myself

I patted Shanna’s aro”

“Yaaaay!” Shanna squee-ed, releasing her beer-soaked hold on my neck

“No,” Derek insisted, in a voice that would brook no dissent “We’re not interrupting your studying Studying’s important”

Noas ely obvious

Derek wasn’t interested in sleeping with Shanna anymore

He was interested in me

Which alternately thrilled me and terrified me

Maybe it terrified me because it thrilled me

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But I played it as cool as I could, and gave hi’s important? Really”

He rin “It obviously is to you”

Shanna was getting pissed that Derek was ignoring her So she played her trump card

“Kaitlyn has a boyfriend,” she announced loudly

As soon as she said it, er

“No I don’t We broke up three days ago, remember?” I snapped

“You always break up and get back together,” she said petulantly, then turned to Derek “They’re high school sweethearts They’ll be back together by toht, just watch”

In addition to uilt, I also felt a tiny bit of fear – that Derek would lose interest in me

I repriht, I’d probably be back with Kevin in another couple of days

And if I kept talking to Derek, it would just confirm all of Kevin’s worst accusations