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“FOUL-MOUTHED SLUT?!” Shanna roared

Kevin stepped back, eyes wide He obviously had not anticipated the fury he had unleashed

“You ball-less, dickless asshole – oh, and speaking of balls, dicks and assholes – ”

I knew exactly what she was thinking of: Derek Her little rant had just rerocery store

And I knew exactly where she was going with this

She was going to ‘out’ me

I grabbed her arm

“I’ll handle this,” I whispered to her

“…okay,” she said, stunned – and then she winced “Just – leggo, will you?”

I didn’t realize I was holding on that tight

“Sorry,” I said as I released ers

“Daonna bruise,” she muttered as she shook her wrist

Kevin was looking at us like we’d been replaced by pod people “What’s going on?”

“What’s going on is you’re going to apologize for calling her that,” I said sternly

He s to – ”

“Or you can go get in your car and drive back to Syracuse”

“Yeah,” Shanna nyah-nyahed before I shushed her with a look

Kevin stared at me I didn’t nor him for a loop “Are you serious?”

“As a heart attack”

“I left at six o’clock last night, spent 30 on a crappy hotel room, skipped all my classes today, and drove fifteen hours to see you, to be with you – ”

“And to apologize, right?” I snapped

He looked sheepish again “…yeah”

“Well, you can start by apologizing to Shanna for what you called her”

He erupted in outrage “She called me a ball-less, dickless – ”

“Yeah, after you called her a slut”

“A foul-rily

Kevin looked unhappy about it, but he mumbled, “Sorry,” as he averted his eyes

“What? Couldn’t hear you,” Shanna said, cupping her hand around her ear

Kevin looked at me like Come ON

I crossed my arms “She couldn’t hear you”

He gritted his teeth, and I could see he was actually considering getting back in the car