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“He’s okay” She shrugged and her eyes darted to the rumpled sheets

“I feel like after nearly dying together, I deserve the truth Plus I could really use soht now Please? I need this” I squeezed her hand

She sighed and peered over at me “Okay, it’s a little different than middle school”

We were huddled together, and she gave ht surprises that had poked her in the back during their sleepovers And there was the time she’d walked in on hie She told me how his roommate, Berk, had a secret sex pen pal, and how Nix kept disappearing now that football season was over We’d long since finished putting awaywhen LJ knocked on the door

We jumped at the sudden intrusion

He leaned in, swinging froht eyes twinkling with aers are ready, ladies”

“We’ll be right there,” Marisa chirped way too loudly

He knocked his knuckles against the door and s back downstairs

“Seems I’m

not the only onewaves lately”

“Don’t get ry”

She grabbed ed et what awaited me afterward

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Ford

Not even the shts I hadn’t been able to outrun, didn’t want to outrun