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“See you toaze as she leaves

Although, right before I close the door, I see her head turn around and a flash of an enrapt look

A shudder travels from my head all the way down toI’ encircling me

Pure visceral want

Chapter 2: Stevie

“So, you didn’t kiss him?”

“George!” I yell, s her on the arm

As she bursts out laughing, I head for my room

“Forget it I’ to bed”

I storm the rest of the way up to own roo I want to do is explain to thee is over often enough that Mohts And, as ht withI want to hear is “Honey, you should be e comes from a difficult home”

I know George comes from a “difficult home” That’s part of the reason why she sleeps over here every few days after another blow up at home But still, that doesn’t help the fact that sometimes she’s just a pain in the ass

Like everyone in her fauratively and literally

Even physically, her big lips that she wears a stubbornly bright red color are the focal point Her sleek black haircut in a mod style, and cat lined eyes, add to the effect

Yes, George has never been afraid to say what she thinks and do what she wants While that can be exciting in certain circu a heart-to-heart with your best friend, it can get to be a little

I fling lethat the soft cotton shelters all of me, from my bare feet to even the top of my ponytailed head An old habit I haven’t shaken fro up underneath a coht now, being safe is the least of my worries Or the most of it, if I really think about it

After I told George what had happened today inposition, the whole hot boss issue, she’d not only been unsympathetic, she’d been unsupportive

“Why didn’t you just go for it?” She had asked

A knock on the door

“Go away,” I call out

“I can’t go away; I’e’s irritated voice calls back

I stay silent

“I’ht?”