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The twins ca the noise level At least they knew better than to drag their posse along, leaving them at the table next to ours Too late, I realized that I’d dragged her into theOh well, I’ll deal with shit as it coful conversation with her, so having the girls there to take up the slack worked in my favor

“Hi Gia, I’m Anna”

“And I’m Rosa Did you see the principal yet? Did she tell you about our upco sessions?”

“Yes, about that, how did…?”

“Don’t worry about anything My brother will drive us hos and take you ho over each other, not letting her get a word in edgewise, leaving her looking hella confused

“Let her eat” I had to give the twins a stern look with a side of cal out of their skin with excite they still do I’ll rerown they are I knew they wereit to Victoria and her cronies, who I could see watching us fro else These two can be vicious when they get so between the bit

Asfor the underdog about as much as I do Between them and Lance, I didn’t have to say toowith Gianna like they were long-lost friends I kept h no one would know it since I at no time looked directly at her But I was very aware of her presence

It’s al ethereal, so us The roouess, once people rery Victoria wasn’t looking too pleased, but I can’t say that I cared too much

Gianna picked at her food while the twins chatted away, and Lancelot kept giving me looks “Stop it,” I whispered the words out the side of ed hirinned and carried on while stuffing his face Enough of this shit! It had only been about ten et under my skin—nosy ass people

“You done here?” I wish she would stop with that look It’s that look of sheltered innocence that I keep seeing inme back to her That lookSophia, another wounded bird I didn’t wait for an answer, just helped her up fro to the other three, “Don’t follow us”

“Where are we going?” Fuck if I know? I told myself to release her hand, they were tooood damn We ended up in the place she’d snuck off to twice before, and it was there I remembered her book; damn