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It’s better if he loses interest now, I told myself dejectedly

But he didn’t

He just looked at e in expression whatsoever, like I’d told hi celery “Cool He go here?”

My stomach churned a little more “Uh… no He’s at Syracuse”

“Upstate New York?”

“Yeah”

Derek nodded briefly “I hear it’s pretty up there So, what’s this test you’re studying for?”

And just like that, the topic ofin the car hway

Judging by her expression, Shanna kneas over Her big play had failed She looked like a kid who’d just found out there was no Santa Claus – and I was the Grinch who stole Christ looks at hilares at me

I should have felt awful

I knew I should have felt awful

…but daeous

And if he wanted to sleep with her, he would have waved goodbye to me and kicked the door shut as I walked out

But he obviously didn’t want that

Plus, she’d kind of been a punk using Kevin against me like that

And how uys to have sex in our dorm room? How many times had she totally disrupted my life?

So one out of twenty slipped through her fingers Boo hoo

And that’s how I justified being a bitch to her

To clarify, I did feel bad about it

Just not bad enough to leave

“What are you studying?” Derek prodded ain

“English Lit We’re doing Chaucer”

“The Canterbury Tales?”

“Yeah”

“Which one?”

“You know the Canterbury Tales,” I said in amused disbelief

Mr Rock Jock, Biceps-To-Drool-For, Out-Of-This-World-Body spends his spare tiht

My attitude caly

“Well, aren’t we snobbish,” he teased me