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GABRIEL

I spentabout her and trying to put the pieces together That scene I walked up on was still botheringquestions, I wouldn’t find any answers I guess I’ll have to wait until I see her again, though going by our first et a full sentence out of her

For the first ti to re into the night about soe I’m a little annoyed, truth be told, that she’d infiltrated so deeply, so soon In five years, nothing has been able to take th, except Lancelot, of course, because I know it’s a waste of ti here that long

Even my family, as uard for that same reason “Gianna…” I al beneath my head where I keep it Tooaround “Hello?” The number didn’t look familiar, but it was local

“Hello, Gabriel, this is Victoria…” I hung up the phone I don’t know anyone named Victoria

It clicked wheninto my room “Did she call? Did you talk to her?” They looked so pleased with theive my number to?”

“Victoria, the girl you asked us about”

“Anna, Rosa, have I ever given you the impression that I needed help in that department?”

“Well, no, but still, you never go out with anyone; it’s weird” They traipsed their asses into the roo wrong with your roo in the sa when they were about ten and threw a fit when Ma had two separate rooms redecorated for them

I keptbecause their nosy asses see too irls at school? Even our friends ask about you, but you pass by them like they’re not even there”

“I’m not interested, and before you ask, I’m not interested in boys either” Have to cover all the bases with these two, or who knoho the fuck else they’ll be giving my number to next

“So why did you ask us about her if you weren’t interested?”

“Her naed a look over oes on in their heads When they climbed off the bed in unison, I knew the fuckery was only just beginning

GIANNA

Alone at last! I’ve spent all evening avoiding Victoria’s wrath I thought for sure she’d try to get me in trouble the way she always does when I escape her and her friends, but she seemed too preoccupied for that On the ride home, which I’m forced to do with her since rilled ed me away

I kneas going to pay for that one, but I’d been able by sorab the wheel and put us both out of my misery when she sneered and announced rather snidely, that of course, he couldn’t possibly have any interest in so to her, I was a charity project, so like a puppy She was pissed, though, that the ht-after boy in school had held my hand

My hand treht about hiirls at school would give their eye teeth to get a glance froh school roirls fawn over The elusive lone ho can have his pick but chooses none until the heroine shows up, of course

I felt a slight twinge in ht I wonder who his heroine will be? It’s certainly not going to be o for someone like me With just the feords spoken between us, I could already tell that he’s nothing like the others People whisper about hi that his aloofness stems from the fact that his family is easily the richest in these parts But I don’t think so His sisters are known to be social butterflies who, unlike their older brother, don't see friends