a's
st met drag me into doing something
from school - showed up on my porch with a party invite. Fo
s daughter, the one who's supposed to be home o
'just' has a social
to resist. I found myself tradin
ybe I could mak
ed his social life, then I would
e me was Kevin, engrossed in a m
the rips in my high-waisted jea
akeover for me - and god, those damn
al
ruity concoction I found in
Who do we h
ecognised
he was the last person I
was dressed normally, in a plain long-sleeved shi
ipal Bennett's daughter, the one and only." Jaso
cided to ignore him. If only he co
ason snatched my cup b
smirk curled on his lips. "Does Daddy know you're at
rned away. But it seemed Jason wasn't going to let me
e alone,
heard you dressed up thinking you were going
e know that? His friend beside him shot me an apologetic lo
You know... you loo
ason stepped too close
me? We both toppled to the ground,
d I scrunched my nose in distaste while try
e," I mana
pped my face. I froze. His hands were warm ag
trouble. And just as I suspected
lease," he murmured against my m
tely shut down. It
I found myself getting lost in the mome
urning my head to t
, and people were taking sh
eone helped pull Jason off me, and I looked up to se
rst into tears. I was sitting in the sand, my clot
crowd amid the boos and jeers from the students.
ts tight, shielding me from the curious, gaw
reathed a sigh of relief, then grinn
dazed gaze pinned me in place. I scanned the
ll in the corner, his friend
seemed to have
ked across t
ry.
eave me
ained with the taste of
itter smile. "Thought hockey players would
Garbage! Got it. C'mon, next time I
her car, and I'd just clicked my s
Lily knew all about his strict, old-f
nes popped up, from Jason' s number-th
ll take the te
That' s all? W
een went black, tossing the phone aside and s
st tig
sed to face my
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