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Prologue

Henry

I stand in the lunch line withat her There’s an ache inout food and bringing it over to the buffet She shouldn’t be serving all these spoiled assholes

I know I coht me that it didn’t matter the dollars I had in my pocket; all that mattered as in my heart I never realized what they truly meant by that until the first time I saw her When I laid eyes on her, it was the only tiht of h school, I wanted to i, I wanted her to see I was different That I wasn’t some spoiled rich kid who slid in here because of my last name I wanted her to look at me and see someone kind and smart Okay, and maybe supremely hot

Kory Su of our senior year, but I don’t know her story She’s quiet and keeps to herself, and I don’t haveabout her because I don’t want to draw attention It’s clear she wants to remain under the radar She’s a scholarship student, which is obvious fro lunch

Our high school is one of the best private schools in New York City, and if you can’t afford to pay the astronomical tuition, they offer a few rare scholarships that require working for the school in exchange for an education We call the kids in these prograle with the rest of us for the ure out why, but Kory even stays clear of most of the ships unless it comes to work

I’ve poked around and found out she hasn’t joined any teams or clubs She has no after-school activities other than helping so equipment after practice If I didn’t pay so much attention to her every moveht havewhen it comes to her

“Yo, Henry, grab me three of those,” my cousin Pandora says as she walks past me and cuts in front of the line I look down and see Kory place srab some for Pandora

My twin cousins go here, too, but they’re aler than ether, unless Penelope is in love this week and she’ll sit hatever guy she’s picked up

By the time I look up, I see Kory’s back as she walks away and could kick myself It would have been a perfect opportunity to say so

It’s not that I’irls I just don’t make the effortin love, and I don’t know that I want to play the hook-up gauy friends

My dad fell in love with s to make sure he’d have her and the two of the a kid in the shadow of thatwhat they have is ione out of my way to avoid the possibility of that kind of love and focused on school Until Kory showed up Now I can’t get her off my mind

“Are you going to move or what?” someone says froo to the cashier

I pay forto a table of cheerleaders, but she’s still holding her tray in her hands, so I’h

A few h she already has a full tray, she reaches over to take her tacos without sosurprised by how much she can eat

“You talk to her today?” Penelope chirps as she arrives and sits beside me

I pretend I don’t hear her and take a drink of my soda

“You’re beco obvious,” Pandora rees with her

“It’s true We only noticed it in the beginning because we know your tells But now you’re getting sloppy”