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es of that party but she had stuck with me, and I’d continued to look for her. Sometimes spotting her in the hallways and before I could

n bag, typing something in her Macbook, and I was sitting inside the building, looking at her through the glass walls. I was surrou

n was capti

e was pink from the cold breeze, and there was a

s beau

hen I asked one of my tea

Olivia. She’s super hot, but man she’s taken. Not sure if

at. He was talking about the brunette be

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as fucking gorgeous with a capital ‘G’ so I woul

know, I’ve never seen Sweet

ou call h

a little...I don’t know...say on t

boys I would be backing up and the boys I would likely r

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s pretty hot,

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idiot had a type. They were all the kind who wouldn’t give a shit if he wasn’

looked at the others, ”And you

my lunch and started to leave wh

get your promis

ause I was a total idiot and had

e c

e for a long time and the girls were cool. I’d gotten friendly with one girl on their team, inparticular

ush on Emily-Mae

ause she sure as hell had beco

nuts. I’d seen her smile at some kids in the hallways, and it sure gave me

d to find reason

he courage. Normally I had no problem talking to girls o

ompletely

nd a way to someh

lass to Spanish because I knew it

ers because, at the end of that day

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curity camera screen to make

so far that I’d started to

pleas

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sigh on the othe

eth Monroe from your school. You probably don’t know me.

o give me a detai

, checked my appearance in the huge mirr

” I

eth doing

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g as I’d seen him

eyes were dazzling as he apologized.

to my house just to apologize fo

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here to apologize to m

ged, “no

ed, “Is this some

wned,

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h on you and they just want to have a lit

ly-Mae.” He looked genuinely clueless, he seemed far too hones

and it didn’t help the fact that he was so big and intimidating with the tattoos and the stud piercin

avin.”

per. What’s she go

tell you that I’ll be working part-time

need a replacement. Dad

ys. I’ll get paid for the hours, free food, and a place to crash, plus I could use the mo

ith all this information. “Your mo

ghed,

arms acros

ought was so amusive. I had just gotten home so I wasn’t wearing

en why is your last name

en I was a kid, I was living with my dad. She changed

I s

d a son. I’d also seen a picture of her

s picture as a cute six-year-old smol bean and did not recognize him. Who w

ome insi

side, “yeah

and all the while

s this new develo

et floor and sat down on the leather couc

something? Wate

u have guests over.” A beat later he sa

...I thoug

mansion, had a country club membership and tre

ive a German car or not, but most guys in our sch

sholes?”

elp it, “are you going to keep

ughed

, he was the first to break it because my dumbass was

lone f

ed his e

t the hell did

all the wrong ideas since we’l

idn’t even l

was Seth Monroe, newest captain of the Ice-Hockey

my brother comes over every once in a while to

do something about t

me feel giddy. No one thought I was worthy of flirting before. They only saw

-Mae?” He asked, “whatever you want

sound like

very other day. I hired her myself. So, I guess you can cook, if you know how to, that i

give me a list of foods you prefer, any allergie

to stay in my house, (the studio from across the lawn but it will count

tle too enthusiastically, “S

now you want to get

n it that way...I

for a few days and then I told her to go live with her parent

ing inside my body. My h

here the studio is I can start putting things out and get co

ka

e Cale’s photography studio which consisted of a kitchen and a bed with an attac

, if you talk about this to an