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“And Josie Cleet her black card taken away”
My reat family I bet he seduced her with those those eyes of his”
I fight a laugh, grabbing a croissant from the box on the counter
Even ood for the world can’t deny Nico’s visual appeal
“Those eyes, Mom? Really?”
Hers narroarning me not to say another word, but just as quickly, she s, maybe I should walk around the corner, say hello to the Sykes Maybe invite them for dinner?”
A scoffed laugh escapes “You don’t cook”
Anger quickly fills her eyes, so I clear ain
“Why the sudden interest in being neighborly?”
“He’s your partner” She pretends her intent is innocent, e both know that’s never the case when she’s involved “Perhaps you’ll be s more of him”
“What does that mean, ‘be smart’?”
“Oh, please, Dehter, then thereinto”
“So you want to, what, see if he meets your scale of measure?”
Her expression hardens, and she decides to belittle me as she feels I’ve done to her “Put the bread away, Demi”
I throw the croissant in the trash, set my Gatorade doith a hard slam, and walk out
I’ht now
She knows Nico’s family is wealthy, and now that she’s seen his physical appeal, she’s interested in learning more so she can come to a shallow decision of whether or not she’ll hound me about him constantly or warn me to keep my distance
My dad e estate fro that set them up for life and landed them here in Santa Cruz
It , because for as long as I can remember, he and I shared a fence
Noe just happened to share a lab table, too
There is no way it would ever beLeadership first period is as equally awesome as it sucks
Now that the voting is over and the class president and what have you has been picked, , prep, or tear down,most of our days will be spent outside of the classroom The weather here is typically on the chillier side, so it’s a lot of hoodies and iced coffees all year long
Thankfully, I had dance this e staying hile ait for the sun to eat up all the coastal fog
“How the hell did we get stuck with the worst job e did thethe fence line, peeling the tape left over fro down