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“As always”

Her eyes pull, but then she shifts her focus to Alex “You should have toldearly I totally would have asked the janitor to open up for you guys Seeh Awesome”

I grow stiff “What—”

Alex’s sudden closeness hasnot even realized he and I walked farther inside

“Yeah, we’re good Just finished up actually,” he lies, tipping his chin as if asking o with it

Is he crazy?

The tension in the air is so thick, it takes me a second to react

I take a step out, away from Alex and look to Nico, who knows I turned Alex dohen he asked for help

I’ here, not him

I look to Miranda “You can get your hand off him now”

Shock flashes across her without her control, but she covers it with a glare just as quick

As if he hadn’t noticed before thishim, Nico’s eyes slice to the contact and he shoves her off He studies her apasses between them

Nico steps toward hi lares back as he looks at me

His features are hard, the cuts of his jaw more profound as he clenches it, the cords of his neck raised and tight

He ht back

Show her, Neek

I tip htest bit

Nico’s forehead pulls, but then it dawns on him, and his hand slips intoto mine

It’s a short, quick skih

For now

I reach up, slidingover his shoulder to a pissed off Miranda

“I’ to run to the restroom Should I I don’t know,the class to practice in this shadowed, burlesque type lighting you’ve got going on?”

It colad for that