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line. However I didn’t know what to say so didn’t message him either. Instead I headed for the bus stop and inevitably towards the millions of questions Chloe was bound to hurl at me.
    “So who is he?” Chloe hadn’t even sat down before she started the interrogation. Pulling out my earphones I exaggerated my sigh but said nothing that was remotely close to answering her question.
    “I hate the rain,” I muttered looking out if the bus window. “Especially after a few days of really hot weather.” I couldn’t have kept the smile off my face if I had tried, it was just too funny to see Chloe boiling with anger in my peripheral vision.
    “Come on Rea, who is he? Where’s he from? How old is he? Where’d you meet him? And why did you ditch us yesterday? Was it to go off somewhere with him?”
    Her questions went on and on just like I had anticipated and she was slowly wearing down my resistance as her talking was driving me insane.
    “Please Rea? You’ve got to give me something to work with. What does he look like?”
    I turned to face her, ready to answer some of her questions but burst out laughing when I saw her face; her lips were pursed into a pout and she had the biggest puppy dog eyes ever. She swiped at my arm at my reaction, eliciting a few apologies from me in between giggles.
    “OK, OK, I give in, I’ll tell you, just stop with that face, it’s in no way cute.” She took another swipe at my arm but stopped herself, probably worried I wouldn’t tell her if she did.
    Chloe sat back against the chair, a big smile on her face as I began telling her about Kai, choosing my words very carefully.
    “OK so his name is Kai and he’s nineteen. I ditched you guys yesterday because I didn’t want to answer the questions as I didn’t know what was going on between Kai and me; but last night confirmed we were going out. And before you ask, no I wasn’t with him when I ditched you, he lives in Maveria.” Ian happened to pick that precise moment to get on the bus and walk past me, glaring at me as he did so.
What do I care, he cheated on me, we broke up so I’m free to date whoever I want.
I thought as he did so.
    “So how did you meet him if he’s from Maveria?”
    Mentally kicking myself for the slip I tried to think of an answer but couldn’t come up with a suitable lie.
    “Please don’t judge me because of this, or tell anyone okay Chlo?”
    She nodded in response, clearly only interested in my answer.
    “It was on one of those games Nat was on. When you told me about it, I thought I would try them out. You know, harmless flirting to help me get over Ian but something about this guy was different.” I don’t know why I felt the need to justify my choices to Chloe but when I saw her eyes popping out of her head and her mouth hanging open I just continued to talk.
    “Rea! Are you crazy? He could be anyone, and lying about anything,” she said, using her disapproving tone.
    “I just needed a distraction OK? It’s nothing major, not like I’m driving off to Maveria or anything, we’re just talking.” I sighed heavily, knowing I should have kept my mouth shut.
    “OK fine. So what’s he like?” Chloe kept talking as we got off the bus and moved towards the main building.
    “I’ll talk to you at lunch okay? There’s some stuff I need to do in photography before first period.” I lied, really I just needed some time to think of the answers to her questions. It was then that I realised that Kai knew a lot about me but I didn’t know much about him so I made the decision that that was going to change tonight.
    My mental dilemma was interrupted momentarily when I reached my history class and replaced with a new one. As I made my way to my seat, weaving through the tables I finally sat down, all the while Ian’s eyes were following me. As I took my notes out he continued to stare, and I tried to calm myself, not wanting him to know that sitting near him was making me want to flee the room.