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only known her a few months.”
    “I know! We’ve been best friends for six years!”
    Anna shook her head and gulped down her milk.
    “Any room for me?” asked the irresistible voice of someone towering over me.
    I finally found something to smile about again. “Sure, sit!” When he did, I introduced him to Anna. “This is Luke Pawlak. He’s new.”
    Anna smiled—the kind of smile you smile when someone’s drop-dead-gorgeous. “Hi, Luke!” She shook his hand and continued her lunch, her eyes peeking his way every now and then. “Don’t mind me, I’ve got exams to study for, plus the ACT. I’m trying to finish eating quickly so I can get to my locker.”
    Luke nodded and gave me a light smile. “How was your morning?”
    I shrugged uneventfully, hoping he’d never find out. “So-so. And yours?”
    He ran a French fry through a puddle of ketchup. “Interesting. Had math and history. At least math was good.”
    A whistle sounded from the next table over—Tom, Jake, and Jenna’s table. We turned our heads to Jake. “Hey, that’s the guy in my math class!”
    Luke turned to me. “Who’s that guy?”
    I sighed. “The ex I told you about.” I rolled my eyes as Jake pecked Jenna’s cheek.
    “Oh.” Luke was quiet after that. He ate his fries, glancing at me from time to time.
    Tom eventually came by the table and sat beside Anna, who was in the process of leaving. He looked at Luke, unamused, and then at me. “So who is this?” he asked like it was his business.
    “Luke,” said Luke. “Who’s asking?”
    “Tom.” He scratched his head and sucked his teeth. Tom tries his best to annoy someone every second of his existence. If he’s not bothering somebody , he’s not living life to the fullest. “So you’re with Adonia now, huh?”
    “We’re trying to eat,” I informed him.
    Tom rubbed his chin thoughtfully, like thinking is something he has the mental capacity for. “So eat.”
    I rolled my eyes. “I’m losing my appetite!”
    Tom pointed at my face. “Still a bit red from that volleyball I see.”
    Luke raised an eyebrow. “What happened with the volleyball?”
    Tom laughed like it was the highlight of his day.
    “He smacked me in the face with it during gym today.”
    Luke looked to him. “Why would you do that?”
    Tom sneered at me. “Hey, you know, if you actually worked on participating in gym, you wouldn’t have gotten hit.”
    “Maybe you should work on being less of an asshole,” Luke suggested.
    “ Who’s an asshole? You don’t even know me.”
    “I know enough to know you’re an asshole, hurting a girl.”
    “Oh, boo-hoo,” Tom taunted, “she’ll get over it.”
    “Can you just go away?” I barked, pushing Tom’s arm off my side of the table.
    “Stop having Sullivan invite Jake over to your house. Jenna’s getting sick of you putting the moves on her man.”
    “I didn’t tell Sullivan to invite him anywhere,” I hissed. “And I’m not hitting on that horny worm, either.”
    Tom shrugged. “That’s what he told us.”
    “I don’t hit on the jerk, okay? It’s actually the other way around!”
    Tom leaned in toward us. “He wants to talk to your boyfriend.”
    I just stared at him. Then my gaze turned to Luke.
    Luke smirked. “I’m free after lunch.”
    Great, he couldn’t do it with me around?
    An annoying minute later, Tom went back to his table and delivered the message.
    We sat in a brief silence.
    “Luke? Would you mind helping me with math homework tonight? I’m a little behind doing it.” Actually, I wasn’t, but I figured I’d be getting more, and I needed an excuse to see him.
    “Sure.”
    “We can meet at my locker and you can get on my bus,” I offered.
    He grinned and pushed his plate toward the center of the table, his food barely touched. “Cool.”
    I obsessed all day over what Jake and Luke talked about in the hall after lunch. I hoped whatever it was was true at least, but knowing Jake, I doubt it.
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