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I sighed heavily Why did she have to bring that up? "We " She raised her eyebrows at !"

She "

I scoffed "Kyle and I weren't even together We were so on and off"

"Oookay, but were you on, or off?"

"Apparently Kyle thought ere on," I rolled my eyes "That's why he was such an asshole about it"

"Yeah, but I mean, Manson did pull a knife on hih school?"

The kind of freak who anticipated er and came prepared for it Kyle had always been an asshole to Manson - he’d been an asshole to everyone, but Manson in particular He was the perfect victim: quiet, head down, usually dressed in black, with a denim jacket covered in patches Manson had run with the Goth crowd, the skaters, even the aniet his foot in every reject group possible He was a good punching bag for Kyle, especially once Kyle realized that Manson and Ihad

Not a thing, no But as much as I had teased Manson - little stuck-up cheerleader that I was - Manson teased back We had thenext to each other, so there was no avoiding the sight of his annoying face There were days ould bicker back and forth in the halls all the way to class, na -

I wasn't really sure if it was nor led to another and…then Kyle found out that I’d actually kissed Manson It was social suicide for reat way to piss off my ex

Kyle and three friends had cornered Manson in the boy’s bathroom They’d planned to beat hi my honor” But Manson had come prepared

He had to have knohat he was getting into when he kissedsquad, one of the ed Manson into the bathroom, four days after Kyle and I broke up, and ainst the cold tile wall

“You knoas all just to loss in the visor mirror “He hated that kid Plus Kyle had dumped me for Veronica Mills! Obviously I had to piss him off”

“Yeah, well, it worked,” Ashley shrugged “Kyle got ain anyway” She rolled her eyes “You could’ve picked someone else to piss hi small animals”

A sudden, intense urge to deny her assesss about Manson to his face, but when someone else said it, it irritated me in a way I couldn't fully understand

I shook it off That was the past, petty high school dra on it I reached into the backseat to grab , and Ashley suddenly clutched my arm

“Manson at twelve o’ clock,” she muttered

I looked up slowly Manson’s big truck had pulled over to park in front of us Oh od Nono, he couldn't actually be here for the party