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he said hi.”
    “Oh, I forgot he’d switched into that.”
    “You don’t have your boyfriend’s schedule memorized? I think that means you suck at being a girlfriend.”
    She laughed. “Come on, spill.”
    “Let’s wait for Cara. I don’t want to tell this story twice.”
    “Seriously? You’re going to make me wait?” She nearly stepped into me trying to get out of the way of someone on a bike. “Use the road!” she called after him. I loved Juliet.
    “Yes. Cara will be here soon.”
    “Do you need to go inside for anything?”
    “Yeah, to switch books. I have class at one, and I don’t want to come back.”
    “Could you bring these up for me?” She handed me a couple of history books.
    “Sure.”
    “Thanks.” She sat down on the swing.
    “Anything else I can do for you, your highness?”
    “Some ice water would be nice. But don’t forget the lemon.”
    I shook my head. “Drink from your water bottle.”
    “If I must,” she said in a horrible attempt at a British accent. What the accent had to do with anything, I didn’t know.
    “Be right back.”
    I ran upstairs and changed out my books. I only had one afternoon class which meant my pink and white coach tote bag wouldn’t be as heavy. I checked my reflection in the mirror before stopping in the bathroom real quick.
    “Hey, Mallory. How’s your day going?” Jana asked.
    “It’s been all right. How about yours?”
    “It’s been pretty good.” She brushed a few strands of her red hair behind her ear.
    “Are you done for the day?”
    “Yeah. I only have one class Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.” Her face lit up.
    “That’s awesome.”
    “There are some perks to being a senior.” She grinned.
    “I bet.”
    “By the way, I ran into Tanner earlier. He was asking me a million questions about you.”
    “Yeah?” I started down the stairs.
    “Uh huh. I think he’s going to try to impress you on Thursday.”
    “Impress me, huh?”
    “Yeah. Did you know I dated him freshman year?”
    “Wait, really?” I’d never seen Jana really date anyone. She was at tons of parties, and always seemed to be out, but she never seemed to be with anyone.
    “Yeah. It didn’t last long, but we went out a few times.”
    “Oh. Cool.”
    “He’s a lot more mature now.”
    “It’s been three years.” I wondered what she meant, and what had soured her relationship so fast.
    “Mallory? Are you coming?” Juliet called in.
    “We’re getting lunch at the student center. Want to come?” For some reason, most of Jana’s closest friends had been in the class above her. She seemed a little lonely this year.
    “No, thanks. I’m going to make something here, but we should hang out later.”
    “Yeah, definitely.” I waved and headed out onto the porch.
    “Cara’s going to meet us there. She’s running late.” Juliet took one last swing and then got up.
    “Okay, cool.”
    We walked over to the student center, talking about nothing in particular, and just enjoyed being back on the bustling campus.
    A girl walking out held open the door to the building for us, and we headed to the large cafeteria area.
    “Mallory, Juliet!” Cara called.
    I followed her voice and found her standing with Aaron and Colt. No freaking way.
    Juliet laughed dryly. “That sucks.”
    “Tell me about it.”
    “I mean now I have to wait longer to hear the details.” She grinned, and I knew she was kidding, but that didn’t spare her from a shove.
    “Cara is going to get it.”
    “You know she didn’t plan this.”
    “You sure?” I nodded toward where she giggled as Aaron leaned in to whisper something in her ear.
    “Okay, she didn’t plan on Colt being with him.”
    I let out a deep cleansing breath. “Let’s do this.”
    “Hey, guys.” I mustered a one thousand watt smile and aimed it at Cara.
    She shot me an apologetic look. “Hey. Look who we ran into on the way here.”
    “I see. Good to see you again, Colton.”
    “Very good to see you, Mallory.”