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Draco looked at me “He had it comin’,” he replied

Charlie picked up the bat as we left, hurrying toward the car

“He’s calling the cops, D,” she said, glancing behind us “Shit”

“Coet the fuck out of here”

“Why?” I said,unstuck from the roof of my mouth “He’s just an asshole Why would you—”

“It’s over,” Draco said, grabbing my hand as he forced us to move faster

“But it’s not,” I said, sing hard “He’s calling the police He’s—”

“Where were you guys?” Curtis called out as we got to the parking lot He was sitting on the trunk of Roxanne, his feet resting on the buirls home”

“Change of plans,” Draco said, tossing Curt his keys “Let’s go”

“The fuck happened?” Curtis asked in confusion

“Where the hell were you?” Draco snapped, rounding the car He threw open the passenger side door and motioned for me and Charlie to climb in

“I aitin’ for Sholes,” Curtis said “Let the air out of his tires so he’d have to stay after”

“Good plan,” Draco said as I scrambled into the back seat

“I saw that you guys hadn’t left, so I caot into the car “Someone want to tell me what the hell happened?”

“I took care of it,” Draco said “Go Our house”

“You took care of it?” Curtis asked, his voice dropping He stared at his twin

“Man, I’d like to et there, yeah?” Draco snapped “Get fuckin’ movin’”

“Oh, Jesus,” Curtis said, firing up the Chevelle “Did you kill him?”

“No,” Charlie said, crossing her ar like a little bitch e left him”

“The coach said he was going to report it,” I said, staring at the back of Draco’s seat How the hell had things spun out of control so quickly? “Maybe he justup at the back of Draco’s head “Maybe it’ll just be a suspension”

No one answered

“I hts happen all the tiht”

“That wasn’t a fight,” Charlie replied grihtly up and down the bat “Travis didn’t hit him back”

“But he—”