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college, things will be different. I just wish . . .’ She glanced over at Belle and Adam, who were doing a good job of pretending that they were deep in conversation themselves, trying to give Sienna and Jason at least the illusion of being alone.
    ‘You just wish what?’ Jason prompted.
    ‘I just wish that the last time we kissed, I’d known it was the last time,’ she told him.
    ‘The last time
for a while
,’ he corrected. But he felt exactly the same way.
    ‘Right, the last time for a while,’ Sienna agreed. ‘I just would have tried to lock the memory away. So I could keep it safe.’
    All Jason wanted to do right at that moment was kiss her. Give her that memory. Give them both that memory.
    But it was too risky.
    One kiss, and he could lose her completely.

Eight
     
    ‘ LOOK , I KNOW why you’re so upset,’ Adam said to Jason as they waited for chemistry class to start.
    ‘Really? Because I didn’t realize you were sitting a foot away from me when Sienna and I broke up,’ Jason said, the words slippery with sarcasm.
    ‘Not that. Why you’re
really
upset,’ Adam went on, mock serious. ‘You’re afraid you’re going to flunk out of French without Sienna to help you. And I want you to know that you don’t have to worry, because I’m taking over as your tutor.’
    ‘Adam, you can’t even
say
the word
croissant.
Forget about spell it,’ Jason reminded him.
    ‘Untrue. OK, it’s sort of true,’ Adam admitted. ‘I prefer the American term "crescent roll". But I can recite most of the lines from
Amélie
flawlessly. I even sound like Audrey Tautou, who played Amélie, which I’m sure you know, since you never miss a film directed by the genius Jean-Pierre Jeunet.’
    Jason laughed. He hadn’t expected that. He hadn’t expected to laugh again, well, pretty much ever. ‘OK, you’re on. You’re my new French tutor,’ he told Adam.
    Adam rattled off a whole bunch of what might have been French, though it didn’t sound remotely like anything Madame Goddard had ever uttered.
    ‘I have no idea what you just said,’ Jason admitted.
    ‘Amélie has one friend, Blubber. Alas, the home environment has made Blubber suicidal,’ Adam translated. ‘It happens right at this point where a goldfish jumps out of the bowl, trying to commit suicide. So fun—’
    ‘Why don’t I think any of that is going to be on Goddard’s mid-term?’ Jason interrupted.
    ‘Don’t worry, I know other stuff. Meet me in the parking lot after school, and we’ll get started,’ Adam replied.
    ‘Cool,’ Jason said. But he felt a dull ache roll through his body as he realized he’d never have another French lesson with Sienna. This ‘just friends’ thing – it was going to be even harder than he’d thought.
     
    Jason leaned against the Bug, watching Sienna and Belle head across the school parking lot. He knew it would be better not to even look at her. Or easier at least. But looking was pretty much all he had right now, so he was going to look.
    Although maybe he could do a little bit more than look. Sienna was with Belle, after all, so if he went over, he wouldn’t be alone with Sienna. And that’s what Sienna’s parents had forbidden – him and Sienna being alone together.
    But Jason had only taken two steps in her direction when Brad stepped up beside him, looped one arm over Jason’s shoulders, and turned him back toward his car.
What’s this about
? Jason thought.
Christ! Is Adam right about Brad
? ‘What’s up?’ he asked.
    ‘You don’t want to go over there right now,’ Brad said softly. ‘Sienna’s car broke down again, and her dad’s come to pick her up. Check it out. At four o’clock.’
    Jason shot a quick glance in that direction. Mr Devereux sat behind the wheel of a nearby Bentley. ‘Thanks,’ Jason told Brad.
    ‘Not a problem,’ Brad answered. ‘I know you and Sienna are getting a lot of flack from her parents.’
    Man, I’ve got paranoid
, Jason thought.
Brad’s my