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’t know you existed before today”

He probably thought he was dealingnoticed by boys like him—men, noasn’t healthy for me “And that’s how I like it I have no interest in whatever clout you think oal here is to get an education and stay out of trouble”

Tyrell s here, you mouthy bitch”

Suddenly Steven was next to us Pushing Tyrell away from me “How about you calm the fuck down?”

“Oh, here we go,” so around the three of us now, then pushing rip on one another and started pushing like a pair of warring goats I didn’t offer much resistance I didn’t want to be in the middle of that mess, and actually I was a bit in shock that Steven had co to do with ht with someone a little more fun to take on

Suddenly Callie was bymy shoulder “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine,” I told her At least it was nice that she’d bothered to look out for me

Then Lucas Starling stepped into the fray, coe

“Ty,” he said, “are you so fucking short on pussy yourself these days you’ve got to harass someone else’s?”

“Excuse me,” I spoke up, “I a than anything he said to me”

And I should have known Callie was only there because she was trailing her new boyfriend

“I don’t want this fucking drama,” Steven said “I’m out of here”

I pulled away from Callie “Not before me”

And we actually crashed into one another in the doorway Steven flinched at the brush of my arm on his and pushed me aside so my shoulder collided painfully with the opposite side of the doorframe I used that momentum to pushto be well clear of hiht up in any more trouble

I feltback in its socket Steven had ain