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“Did,” I correct in a low hiss “Past tense”
Nico leans forward, his frown sliding between mine with unmistakable tenacity, but his lips remain sealed
I eye hi my focus back to my paper “Whatever, I don’t care what you think of me”
“Lies”
His instant response has ain
Now it’s hilares “You care what people think, it’s why you’re friendly to everyone when they don’t deserve it Like Alex Hammons, for example”
“It’s called human decency, you should try it sometime, and I didn’t ask your opinion, nor do I care what you think of me or Alex or anyone else for that matter”
“You care he’s still lookin’ back?” he quips
He is?
A quiet scoff leaves hi my curiosity isn’t hidden well
“’Course you do” Leaning even closer, a tight scowl in place as he tips his head all cocky like “Go on, D Look at hi is true, you know you want to”
My lips press into a fir or not, but I coverth to keep them there
Nico’s low, snide chuckle is proof le isn’t lost on him
I kick him under the table when five ain”
Asshole“Hey, girl, hey!” my friend Krista announces herself as she drops down at our usual lunch spot, a grassy area in the quad
“You’re quite excited to have been given a seven-page essay in English,”to open her eyes as she lays there, soaking up the California sun
“Oh, girl, that’s not due for another three weeks” Krista snags a bag of chips from the pile of shit in the middle of us
“Meaning you’ll start it in teeks and three days,” our other friend Macy sasses back, h
“Exactly” Krista grins “But no, I’m peppy because I heard from a bird that you, Miss Demi, were paired with hottie McHot Nico Sykes in chem today”
Carley’s eyes pop open and she sits up “U?”
I ignore her a minute and talk to Krista “Does this bird happen to be a six-foot-so quarterback you like to call daddy when no one is around to hear it?”
Her jaw drops, and she leans over to shoveat the same time “Yes, bitch, it does, and I told you that in secret!”
“You told us all that” Macy rolls her eyes
Krista only grins wider “Yeah, but secret means you don’t say it out loud”