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Her knees turned to liquid as her na down and brushing his h to send a war her knees to jelly

When they parted, he searched her eyes, as if the kiss were a test he could find answers to Behind them, someone whistled as they strode by, but Abby barely heard it through the pounding of her heart

“I just needed to ined it,” Kaden whispered

“You definitely didn’t i it in her head all night

“I told you you’d kiss me”

She rolled her eyes at his set as many of those in as possible”

“Why’s that?”

“Because once rounded the rest of the semester”

“Your grades?”

Abby sighed, wishing they could go back to kissing Kaden’s lips wereGPA

“Mr Delgado has already pulled me aside a couple times in the last teeks It’s only awith a couple other teachers I have a feelingthe test we just took may be the nail in the coffin”

“Why didn’t you telltrouble? I can help you, if you—”

“No” She placed a hand on his chest, then softened her voice “It’s not so ling with it, as it is that I can’t even focus long enough to do the work All I can think about isaway at my brain All the information we’ve uncovered in the last few days just keeps percolating, along with how much we have left to learn”

Kaden pursed his lips “I get it Even I had a rough tih it had less to do with the secret and rinned, then pulled her down the hall toward the cafeteria “But I was thinking about it You need to figure this out And you need to do it now Let’s crack this thing, so you can get back to your life As long as you’re trying to uncover whatever this secret is, it’s like you’re in li it a quick squeeze “It doesn’t randmother put this on you or how unfair it is The fact is that she did, and we can’t change that, and you’re never going to be able to forget this and focus until it’s over So, let’s figure this out now, so you can get your life back”

Or start one, Abby thought