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because he knows he hasn’t told me that he used to date her. Or about those notes they were passing, and who knows what else.
    “It was sooo fun,” Bailey goes on. Everything is “sooo” with her today. “Sooo” fun, “sooo” crazy. Ugh. Even though she’s at another table, the back of her chair is close to Luke’s, and she scoots it even closer toward him.
    “Wasn’t that where you had your first kiss?” Kim chimes in helpfully from next to her.
    Lexi shoots her a death glare. “I’m not surprisedthat you’re so interested in who other people are kissing, Kim, since, you know, you like to figure it out and then just go after whoever it is.”
    Lexi’s obviously talking about the Matt Connors situation that happened last month. Yikes. This could get heated. I glance nervously over at Mr. Ikwang, who’s at the front of the room, talking animatedly to some kids about defendants’ rights. Mr. Ikwang’s pretty small. I don’t know if he could break up Lexi and Kim if it came to that.
    “Yeah, well, you know I’m
always
interested in that kind of stuff.” And then Kim throws Jared a suggestive look. Lexi looks so mad I’m afraid she’s going to fly across the table and maybe pull Kim’s hair or something.
    “I like to four-wheel, too,” I blurt. Everyone looks at me in surprise. “Oh, yeah,” I say. “I love four-wheeling. I used to always do it on my Grandpa Delaney’s farm.”
    My Grandpa Delaney passed away when I was a baby, and I don’t think he had a farm. But he totally could’ve. I don’t really know much about him. So it’s not exactly a lie, really.
    “What kind of four-wheeler did you have?” Bailey asks. She’s leaning over the back of her chair now, herlong hair dangling down the side and her arm dangerously close to the back of Luke’s shoulder.
    “Umm . . . well . . .”
    “You always used a Raptor this summer,” Lexi chimes in helpfully. “You know, when you were visiting your grandma.”
    “Oh, right,” I say, relieved. “That’s a great four-wheeler.” How does Lexi know about four-wheelers, anyway? She doesn’t seem like that’s her kind of thing.
    “But I thought you weren’t visiting your Grandpa Delaney this summer,” Luke says, frowning. “You were visiting your other grandma, your mom’s mom. Did you go four-wheeling there, too?”
    And then something comes over me. Something very, very bad. The same sort of thing that came over me when I was away this summer. And before I know it, this is what I’m saying: “Well, actually, I didn’t four-wheel at my grandma’s
house.
I mean, I did it over the summer while I was visiting her. But the actual four-wheeling I did was at this guy Greg’s house. My ex-boyfriend, Greg.”
    Ohmigod. Ohmigod. Ohmigod. What? Why? Why why why? Why did I just say that? I’ve now made up a guy named Greg who lives near my grandma, who Ihung out with over the summer, and who took me four wheeling. None of which is true.
    “Oh, right, Greg,” Lexi says, not missing a beat, which is pretty impressive if you think about it. “He was so cute, he had that shaggy brown hair that you loved.”
    “I’m sure,” Kim says, rolling her eyes.
    “What’s that supposed to mean?” Lexi demands.
    “Nothing,” Kim says, shrugging her delicate little shoulders. “Just that I’m sure he was cute.”
    “But that’s not really how you said it,” Lexi says. “Are you trying to imply that Devi can’t get a cute guy?”
    “Oh, please,” Kim says. “Her name is Devon, not Devi.”
    “Are you calling Luke ugly?” Lexi asks. Jared, who’s sitting next to her, looks a little nervous and puts his hand on Lexi’s arm. “Because he’s Devi’s boyfriend. And if you think Devi can’t get a hot guy, then what are you saying about Luke?”
    “Any thoughts on the trial?” Mr. Ikwang asks, popping up from behind us. I almost scream, I’m so startled. But I’m also grateful that he saved me from what was becoming a very, very