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Lost in thought, Nick tried to put his arm
around my waist.
I dodged him, just as Sarah and Jessica came
out of the classroom, arm in arm.
Tiffany trailed behind them, clearly the odd
one out.
Jessica’s eyes lit up when she saw Nick.
Sarah seemed to realize Nick was my
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boyfriend, because she put on a super
friendly face and walked right up to us.
“Class rep, who’s this…?”
“I’m Ashley’s boyfriend.” Nick answered.
Sarah gasped and covered her mouth.
“Wait, wasn’t your boyfriend that older guy
from a few days ago? How do you have two
boyfriends?”
Nick’s face immediately changed. He stared
at me, his eyes full of accusation.
Sarah was loving this. She poured gasoline on
the fire.
“Sorry, but I just call it like I see it! You gotta
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admit, someone as pretty and rich as you…
you can be a little… promiscuous.‘
Nick was fuming. He grabbed my arm.
“Ashley, what’s going on? Who was that older
guy?”
I pulled my arm away and looked him straight
in the eye.
“If I tell you that older guy was just helping
me with my bags, and this girl is making stuff
up, who would you believe? Me or her?”
Nick was unsure. He played it tough. “Where
there’s smoke, there’s fire. Why would people
say those things if it wasn’t true?”
I chuckled. Great, another loser getting back
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“Well, I don’t know. Maybe my roommate is
jealous of you and wants to mess with our
relationship?”
I covered my heart, put on a sad face, and
pointed my finger at Sarah, “This is Sarah,
our very honest roommate!”
Nick looked suspiciously at Sarah. When he
realized she was kind of attractive, his face
got all confused, and his ears turned red.
Jessica looked like she just lost her puppy.
Sarah stomped her foot. “I didn’t say
anything!
“It’s fine, I get what you mean. I was never
really into him anyway. You can have him!”
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I patted her on the shoulder and left the
group of confused faces behind.
This was gonna be good.
