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fan of mine. I hooked up with Ashley on and off in high school. Not some of my finer moments. The memory of Patrick bashing my face in reminds me of that. I keep my head down and finish giving Becca my number, hoping they’ll pass by quickly. No such luck. Patrick struts over and crowds me out to stand in front of Becca, with Ashley at his side. Both act as if I’m not even here.
    “Becca? I thought that was you. How are you?” Patrick asks, his massive ape-like body planted in front of me, blocking my view. I can’t see Becca, but I do get a good view of Ashley and of how Ashley’s head nearly swivels off her neck when she hears Patrick say the name Becca. Ashley’s brown eyes bulge out of her head as she eyes Becca down from head to toe and then back up again.
    “Patrick, oh my God, hi, I haven’t seen you in forever.” I see Patrick swoop down and Becca’s arms go around his neck for a quick hug. Ashley shifts nervously until a glance back at me, noticing I’m watching her, sets her composure straight.
    “You look great,” Patrick says and pulls Ashley in close and introduces her. “This is my girlfriend, Ashley.”
    “Oh, hi. Nice to meet you, Ashley. I’m Becca. Duh, he just said that, didn’t he?” Becca’s tone changes. A weird disconnected voice comes out. “You probably didn’t think I would have pink hair, did you? Well it was actually blue when I was with Patrick. So…it wasn’t pink.”
    No one says anything. Everyone just stands there. I take the opportunity to walk around Patrick and grab Becca by the arm. “We gotta go. We’re gonna be late for class.” I usher her away from the couple and as soon as we are a few feet away, she bursts out laughing.
    “How embarrassing was that?” she says gasping for air through laughs. “I can’t believe I just said that and acted like that.”
    “It wasn’t that bad.” It was awful. Painful to watch but I’m not saying anything after what happened during the car ride.
    “I just hadn’t seen him since we broke up and then I was surprised and he was with his new girlfriend,” she says with a groan, bringing her hand up to her forehead. “I could have said a million different things and I chose to say ‘uh, duh, my hair was blue.’” She sticks out her tongue and continues groaning. “I should have introduced you. He was introducing someone. I should have introduced someone.”
    “Don’t worry. You were fine. And you didn’t have to introduce me. I know them, they’re no big deal.”
    “How do you know them?”
    “I went to high school with them. It’s funny that you used to hook up with Patrick, ’cause I used to hook up with Ashley.” I realize I’m following Becca towards her class, completely forgetting about my own.
    Becca stops walking. “I didn’t just hook up with Patrick. He was my first boyfriend. I liked him a lot. It was kind of sad when we broke up.”
    “Oh, do you still like him?”
    “No, but it’s still weird seeing him with someone else. It wasn’t weird seeing Ashley?”
    Only weird in the fact that I know she hates me. I tilt my head and shrug. We start walking again. At this point, I decide to walk her all the way to her class. I’m thinking about skipping mine. Maybe even dropping it. I don’t want to be an accountant. Maybe I’ll take Art History?
    Becca pulls a tube out of her purse and applies a thin layer of shiny clear gloss to her lips. Smacking them together, she makes that same popping sound that she always does. My eyes stay focused on those kissable lips for a moment, then I force myself to look away. I can have any other girl. This one needs to be left alone. “Text me after class and I’ll take ya home.” I jog away in a rush to go nowhere, just away from her and those shiny lips.
    Aidan
    “Becca, you know I hate this kind of stuff,” I grunt into the phone. She’s putting me in an awful tight spot here.
    “I know, but I told her I would be there and I’m stuck at work. It’s