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The girl who sits behind me—Jessica, I think—smiles “Oops, my bad”

I roll my eyes as I turn back around The entire class is filled with one taunt after another by Whitney and several of our classmates Our teacher is oblivious, and I can’t help but wonder if that’s intentional or not These bitches aren’t exactly being quiet with their nauised by fake sneezes or coughs, but the words couldn’t be any clearer

I stay seated after the bell rings, waiting for the other students to file out, so I don’t have to be in the middle of them

Whitney pauses next to s—especially Bentley—this is just the beginning, whore” She knocks my backpack off my chair and saunters out the door with a little extra pep

I grit , as she leaves the classrooo after her or I’ll be facing expulsion And if I get expelled, Charles will shipmy sister

AINSLEY PRACTICALLY pounces on ht and you’re co with me”

I laugh “Uh no, I’m not I have no desire to spend extra time with these assholes”

She pouts “C’ it, is funny and sexy and sweet And best of all, he’s in college so I highly doubt h schoolers will be there”

Ainsley gets a dreauy

“You like him, don’t you?”

She smiles “I really do He’s a freshman at UCLA but he went to Windsor which is how I est crush on hiirlfriend I ran into hiet this—he just happened to ht?”

“It does sound like he’s into you,” I agreed “What’s the Commons?”

“Oh, it’s kind of like the centralfor sushi after ballet, so I stopped there for dinner last night They have the best sushi place Donovan was there too—looking even hotter than he was last year—and ound up sitting together and talking for like two hours” She puts her hands in a prayer position “Please, please, please come with me, Jazz I don’t want to show up alone just in case I was reading hiet there and you absolutely hate it, I proht away”

I sigh “Fine”

She beaet ready at my house You can even sleep over if you want Don’t worry about my jerkface brother; he lives in the pool house and he’s usually at Reed’s or Bentley’s on the weekends”