Fraud: I never knew him.

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ay, squeezing myself pass

students of Roosevelt

by my corner. it's Lucian, he's sitting on the couch with some other people aro

e chair handle. She smiles at me in a way that is not so casual. She picks up the red cup from an

hell is s

as I hear people call her. I am not sure until Tracy walks up to her giving her a towel. She tugs it from her, and so often she's

like a mile. And I struggle to get

almost everyone as the

e is still crowded with anger. I b

cause of her sunshine skin. Cause it adds enough light to the room

s me. And once again she just stan

that I get to have the chance to

ads Sam's

but when she sees me, her

ght we were bonding?

ns to the DJ like I'm n

anyone, but there was a brief a

side of my chest, saying "look who cleaned up nice." Sh

when we went to book club together, she didn't act t

er. "You look...beautiful," I tell

a lady salute. Which m

drink. Do you want one?" Sam sh

ha." So I t

like it. She faces me

yes in a dark-light room? It's an ocean eye, not jus

did you just call

ed to admit something my whol

lso looks afraid, as she gul

en know where to start. But I have to say something because

ort for Sam?" And no

. it could be Samuel or Samson..." Every word she says she tak

y keeps trailing a

and why she's a

angry face no more, she looks sad.

o con

g?" I think out loud, lo

y's voice says

se I did say something wron

owly as I face Tra

was traumatized, to the extent where you can't have a normal conversation with

s bothering her, but I didn't know it was her dad's death. And I s

o?

class she seems to be somewhere else. People noticed and starts to call her crazy. And all of this is just her trying to forget about her dad. Since she can't accept the fa

es widen from the m

a. That was the reason for

han I thought. He never told

ir," I say vaguely with one fin

hands on my forehead and slowly brush it through my hair. My conscience has begun to play games

A

o him. Those times he called

helping at all. I need to stop

lude veronica. I prefer sitting among my unfriendly friends than s

r close to Lucian, and I b

attention, it's something written in Asian. I can see

ke my gaze off his arm. His qui

head. It

Ohhh," I add nervously

tered underne

ucian asks, unto

ronica's glares. And then I find the a

tion between the both of us

an the rest of them. But I don't care about the disgusting things he's saying, I'm more concerned about his tongue. Lucian told me he pierced it. Do black guys still do that? Anytime he opens his mouth I

what did she just say? Looking all over, as if my house is a metropolitan. The living

that I'm part of. And I know she will be like what in the hell is she doing

I'm

o stop her from exposing my ov

nds and reaches for the plastic cup in her posi

ses her

ll is this t

sks w

get to call me Samantha. Aside from my dad, there is this one upsetting someone that calls me by that name, no matter how many times I warned him. I figured he was jus

st time she's not smiling at him, but she's equa

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t acting timid. I don't blame her, I did poke at her

ith her, how the hell will I apologize? She's kind of a difficult person,

urs some of it from the bottle into a

." I shake my

aired girl chirps with a

we play a game. Sam's favorite."

r some seconds

appening." like she just und

A

dare game, and I'm not going to play. Not after what she and Lucian did to me. Wel

on't be so childish,

h, but you are being p

Morgan asks, and I just glare

im again. What does he thi

g with Veronica, so imagine playing such a

t call me?" Veron

t that what you a

ps the backs of the girls at his sides telling them to leave. They both stand up,

his game stays here," Danny tells veronica. He isn't trying to be a

hat? there are seven of us here." A

e all know what you can do, your

groans and s

circle he's in, and what he is getting himself into. B

a squeaks, wiggling her body on

into this game. What ex

or dare?" He l

en afraid of the game, but she never really refuses to play. I was o

tries to sou

e her for. Lucian is smiling at Tracy, his humorous smile. His eyes suddenl

t feel com

deep kiss for

rts to kick

I hold my palms together, to stop them from shaking. why the hell is my b

at "No boredom with Veron." She s

she is still finding it hard to do. How

should, I'm totally fi

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it. Tracy kissing me isn't the problem, the problem is the fact that she has to do it in front of Sam. Not tha

this as a game, the

ers. Why does she always act sheepish towards me? I smile and nod at h

r what?" Veronica huffs,

ne. I place one hand on her cheek and try not to go deep. As my brain finishes with the countin

A

e I'm on fire, and it's like

rip, and swill everything, to quench

bitter test spread over

" I exclaim. If onl

ust irritated by the kissing thing, but ev

face glows and her cheeks, are twitching. She so enjoyed it. And I'm af

h," I

a dare, so I can ask him to bring out h

d without reluctance

s." Yeah. I guess this is a ki

ica. Both of his hands are clenched to the chair handle as he presses his

ing his friend. Meanwhile, I grimace at the whole

to be interesting, maybe it's beca

picks me, and I look at

mazing personality. he's quiet, nice, soft-hearted and he can't hurt a soul. That was what I thought, but then I was wrong about him, h

for truth," I

as?" He asks, and

truth hurt him, but It will also hurt me. I

gather tears. He's desperately waiting for

My voice almost

I really want to know." It's like we

he said that he was on a date with a girl and he accidentally gushed out to her that he is still fed by his mom, with a napkin on. I wonder what went through the girl's mind. Nobody can actually understand that Part of Lucian's life. But I know w

am

ike playing wasn't a bad

And locks her fingers at he

vated her no boredom with Veron mode, and

her, which is telling her to bring

is about to screw me. To be honest, I am

d hits her palms on the arms of the chair a