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“She broke up withto remember how to breathe

“She broke up with you” LJ held onto my shoulders “Why?”

“She said soht”

“I don’t bla online I’ve reported as much of it as I could Give her some time”

“What stuff? ShowTLG, I’d ju else didn’tsome answers Now that need for ansas killed by the ache in my chest What had I missed? What could anyone say to make her break down like that and push me away?

Marisa fired up her laptop and pulled up a whole bunch of sites and the coh Ho That’s what they called Jules And a whole shit load of other screwed up things Their comments made me want to knock on every one of their doors and punch them in the face

I sat on Marisa’s bed and buriedon her? She’s fucking gorgeous She’s everything anyone could ever want in a girlfriend Why do they even care?”

“It’s juicy gossip Her letter wasn’t exactly PG, et it?”

“No idea” I rakedthem with ”

“But how’d they figure out it was Jules?” LJ leaned against Marisa’s desk

“No idea Maybe when classes started up, they figured out her handwriting or so handwriting sa better to do?”

I scrambled up the steps to my backpack The one I always had with me, and ripped it open The bundle with the present in it was tucked to the side like it alas Shoving my hand down deep toward the bottom, I hit the stack of letters that I’d stashed there I pulled them out and snapped off the rubber band

Marisa and LJ stood in the doorway

The thick stack bounced onover I fanned out the letters “There’s a few ” I’d written dates on the top corners of them

“You take that backpack with you all the time” LJ picked up one of the envelopes I snatched it out of his hand