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“That was probably the craziest weekend I’ve had in a while, and I’ their freshman with cherries and duct tape”

I held upYou were a life saver”

It s she said in private in front of Berk Way worse because she knerong She knew that the words that launched from her mouth like poisoned darts were screwed up, but she did it anyway

“You’ve been quiet since we got on the bus”

“I’ that smile on my face had made my cheeks all achy

“I get that” He took a breath “We never really talked about it But about that—”

I cut hiet the words out

“And I knoere just pretending about the whole dating thing And the greenhouse Don’t worry about it It was nothing I’ve cootten about it, so…”

Deflect, hide, run That was how I handled uncomfortable situations Run for cover if at all possible

“Let’s just go back to how things were before and leave all that back at Kelland”

“We don’t—”

And when all else failed, run away

“Really It’s okay I’ll talk to you later Bye” I bolted up the steps

“See you in class”