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“They put y and gross, thanks to you”

“But just think of all the money you raised for our senior class,” he said “We probably wouldn’t have been able to have that chocolate fountain at the Pro oing Another time”

“Bye, Gianni,” I said

As he moved past a stone-faced Ellie, he planted a kiss on her cheek before she had a chance to duck

“Ew, don’t!” She rubbed her cheek as if trying to erase the imprint of his lips

While she was distracted, he stole another sip of her wine “You knohat? That’s really good I’m excited about this job”

She pointed at the door “Get out and stay out!”

When ere alone again, she took a big gulp of her wine and poured so to kill my parents”

“Come on, he’s not that bad”

“He is You have no idea”

“What the hell happened in that closet anyway? Are you ever going to tell me?”

“Nothing,” she said quickly “Nothing happened”

“You tere in there for a full sevenhappened? He didn’t even kiss you?”

“Nope He didn’t kiss me” She took another drink of her wine “We spentNow let’s talk about this beer bottle situation”

“I’ ers to ht-bellied feeling it gave ood way”

Her eyes gleamed “So nohat?”

“Now nothing Even if he is interested, he won’t act on it”

“So maybe you need to act on it”

I shook my head “No way”

“Why not?”

“Because I’m off men, remember?”