“You sure it doesn’t have anything to do with a certain girl named Carrie?” “Carrie?” “Ahhh, quit it. I saw you talking to her outside the party. You like her, don’t you?” There’s a too-light, too-excited tone in Pax’s voice. He can’t know about the kiss. If he did, he wouldn’t be asking me this question. He’d already be making plans. If I don’t play this carefully, he’s going to figure out that something happened and that’ll be it. As soon as class is over, he’ll turn into a category five hurricane full of vicious plans designed to bring Carina to her knees. Because we Riot House boys? We’re
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