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hungry!” I yelled. They both blushed, and Cam picked me up.
    â€œJust ask her out already! We all know she likes you!” I whispered into his ear.
    â€œSoon,” he said. Ugh, he’s so hardheaded! I think I’ve hung out with him for so long that I got my hardheadedness from him!
    At the Beloved IHOP
    When we got to IHOP, I said I needed to go to the bathroom. I wheeled myself over to the bathroom, did my business, and when I came out, Ashley was in front of the stall with a smirk on her face.
    â€œCan you please move? I need to wash my hands,” I asked in the nicest way possible.
    She scoffed and rolled her eyes. “Stop acting so nice and innocent! I know who you really are—you’re just trying to get Hayes and his fame, aren’t you? I know your game, because I’m playing the same one with Carter. But if I hear you tell anybody that, you’re dead meat, you hear me?”
    â€œExcuse me, but I didn’t know about Nash and Hayes being Vine famous when I met them. I fell in love with the Hayes who’s not famous! And for your information, I’ve known Cameron and his family my entire life, so why don’t you back off! You don’t know anything about me, just like I don’t know anything about you, except for the fact that you’re a coldhearted tramp who’s just looking for fame from one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met!” I said, and I was enraged.
    The next thing was kind of expected. She slapped me, hard ! “And there’s way more where that came from! You better watch your back, little one, or you’re actually going to be dead this time,” she said.
    â€œW-wait. How do you know about that?” I asked in shock. A tear slipped down my face, and I immediately wiped it away.
    â€œI saw and heard the entire thing. And if you tell any of them, your little secret will be out,” she taunted then strutted out the door, acting like she had class, but she didn’t have an ounce of class in that body of hers.
    I rolled up to the sink to wash my hands and look at my face. There was a red handprint that was starting to form a bruise. Oh God, I can’t go out like this!
    I reached into my cross-body bag and pulled out Ella’s makeup bag, which she’d asked me to carry for her. Luckily enough, we have the same skin tone, so I could use her concealer.
    I dabbed some concealer onto my cheek. There was enough to cover it up, but not a whole lot, like Ashley’s museum of crayons on her face.
    I came out of the bathroom and wheeled my way over to the table.
    â€œWhat would you like to drink, hon?” the waitress asked me.
    â€œUnsweetened tea, please,” I answered.
    â€œWhy unsweetened, baby girl?” Jonah asked.
    â€œI don’t know. I’ve always drunk unsweetened tea. I guess it’s because sweetened tea is just too sweet!” I said, and scrunched up my face.
    â€œBut you down pixie sticks all the time, Auts, and those are, like, pure sugar.” Carter laughed.
    â€œI know, but that’s different,” I mumbled. I still feel insecure about what Ashley had said to me earlier.
    â€œWhat’s wrong, sweetheart?” Hayes asked, intertwining our fingers.
    â€œNothing.” I smiled and kissed his cheek. I love it when he calls me sweetheart.
    I gave all the girls a we-need-to-talk-later look. I need to tell them about Ashley, but we had to find a time when she wasn’t there.
    â€œOkay, Carter, I gotta go to work. I’ll see you later, baby,” she said, in her awful, seductive tone.
    â€œOkay,” Carter said, and moved to kiss her cheek, but she turned her head so his lips met hers, and they made out for, like, five minutes straight, before she finally left. Way to make someone vomit!
    â€œThank the Lord she’s gone!” I whispered into Hayes’s ear.
    â€œI know! She’s so annoying, and for some reason, she always glares at you. I