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“If you’re not shy, why haven’t you asked Hammons out already?”

That has her pausing It takes a second but then her eyes come back to mine

“I don’t know, maybe because while we’re friends he’s never shown interest past that I’otten the feeling he would want to date past that and I don’t know, I don’t want to waste the chance if there is one by going the fling route”

“So you don’t want to be rejected?”

“Would you?” Her tone is sharp

“I’ve been rejected”

She scoffs, her eyes flicking upward

“I have”

“By who?”

“You”

Her head snapsat her forehead “What?”

“Yup”

“You lie” She crosses her arms, but her tone is unsure

“Nope”

“When?”

“I invited you to wake uess what?” I lean in and her brows jump “I woke up in an empty bed”

It takes her a second, but she busts up laughing, hitting rin

We’re at the bend now, so before she can pull back, I grip her wrist to hold it there

Out her , I spot our friends in the carts ahead, all of thehter slowly dies

“People are watching now”So

“Demi!” Krista’s shout hits my ears

I jolt, tugging free frorasp and spin around to wave

She throws her hands up, letting out a loud scream that follows each cart after hers

Nico scoots up behind htly so he can fit his head next to mine

Trent throws his arms out to his buddy and Nico’s low chuckle wafts across my neck and I convince myself the sensation it creates is a natural response to the warainst my skin

“Is that Carley and Thompson?” he asks

I look in ti when they realize they got caught

“Sluuuut!” Krista yells with a laugh, and then her and Trent’s cart disappears froht after it