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CHAPTER ONE

My life was a wreck, and this was my current state of chaos

I glanced around the gymnasium at my fellow classmates as I pulled my strawberry-blonde hair up into a messy bun It was hard to be invested in any class when it felt like your life was cru around your feet As if this period weren’t useless enough, there was a sub today, which ym was pretty much a free-for-all Mr Gorby, a frequent sub at Sweet Water, was notorious fora consistent lack of control in the classroom

The boys were currently playing a rather barbaric gauys into the ground Meanwhile, a sirls did their hair on the bleachers while the rest of us walked laps around the gyossiping and ogling the boys on the skins team Myself included

And don’t forget to add the pleasurable bouquet e from the cafeteria across the hall to the ambiance I s? Aht?

Still, that didn’t determy assessment as I strolled beside Harper and she chattered on about the Snowflake Ball, to which I had yet to snag a date

I allowedoff the roster in ton—taken (Besides, I preferred jocks) Ky Andrews—double taken Wes Schultzaze took an extra second to ponder his physique He had the dark hair blue-eyed thing going for him, which I loved, but Lauren Carmichael snatched him up earlier in the year when they ended their fa

Who else? My gaze drifted right over Jett Harper’s presence beside me served as a reminder that he, too, was unavailable That left…

I aze and paused when roaned Not him Anyone but him

“Mia, hello?” Harper snapped her fingers in front of my face “I asked you a question”

“Oh,” I tore rateful for the distraction The last thing I wanted was for hiht think I liked the viehich I most certainly did not “What’d you ask me?”

“Still no date yet, to the Snowflake Ball?” Harper asked, blinking down at me