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I have a surprise for you.”
    Mitch led me down a side corridor of the mall and stopped in front of the pet store with a big
    grin on his face. “Guess who’s back?”
    I gasped and ran to the back of the store. “Seamus!”
    Mitch laughed at my reaction. “I heard him on my way into work earlier and couldn’t wait to
    tell you.”
    Seamus was a blue-fronted amazon parrot I had fallen in love with over the past few months.
    I’d visit him every time we went to the mall. Besides his bright-colored feathers and beautiful,
    black beak, I loved his attitude. Apparently, the pet store had been trying to get him to mimic
    common human phrases like some of the other birds. Seamus wasn’t having it. The only thing he
    said was “Holy Toledo!” He must have picked it up from a previous owner.
    A few weeks ago, when I had come in to visit him, he was gone. The salesperson told us
    someone had finally bought him, and it had been heartbreaking to see his cage empty.
    “Why is he back?” I asked Mitch.
    “They told me the person returned him.”
    “Strange.” I turned to the woman at the counter. “Do you know why he was returned?”
    “They just didn’t want him anymore. We have a thirty-day policy.”
    I pouted my lip. “How could anyone not want you?”
    I broke into laughter as he flapped his wings. “Holy Toledo!”
    Mitch put his hand on my head and playfully messed up my hair. “You’re so cute. The simplest
    things make you happy.”
    There was the pitter-pattering again.
    Mitch didn’t touch me a lot, but when he did, even for a second, my body responded.
    After fifteen minutes of getting reacquainted with Seamus, we left the store. Mitch waited on a
    bench for me while I used the mall bathroom.
    I was in the stall when I heard two girls talking as they washed their hands.
    “Did you see Mitch Nichols out there?”
    “Yeah. He’s so damn hot. His eyes are insane.”
    “His body, too. I heard he asked Amber out.”
    “She’s such a bitch. Wait…I thought he was dating Brielle?”
    “No, they just hooked up once.”
    “Oh. Well, I wouldn’t mind being next.”
    “Get in line.”
    I actually blocked my ears, so I couldn’t hear anymore and sat on the toilet frozen until I heard
    the door slam. My heart was pounding, and I could feel the adrenaline rush as jealousy hit me like
    a ton of bricks. I breathed in and out slowly until I composed myself enough to get up and wash
    my hands.
    Sure, Mitch cared about me, and I was pretty sure I had at least a piece of his heart, but that
    wasn’t enough for me anymore. I wanted all of him. As I looked in the mirror, I decided it was
    time to give my friend some of his own medicine.
    CHAPTER 6
    MITCH
    Davey dropped a bomb on our way home from school. “Did you hear Aidan asked Skylar out for
    this Friday?”
    I fell off my skateboard right as we arrived at my house. “Say what? Aidan Hamilton?”
    “Yeah. Apparently, he’d been trying to go out with her for months, but she’s always said no. He
    asked her to go to the fall carnival Friday, and she said yes.”
    Shit. Aidan went to Crestview High with me. She must have met him through Angie’s
    boyfriend, Cody. Aidan would trip people in the cafeteria for laughs and talk back to teachers. He
    was a douchelord. He’d been with a lot of girls, too, some of the same ones I dated. I would admit, he was a good-looking guy, but he sure as hell didn’t deserve to go out with a girl like Skylar.
    “Really…” I was so angry I was practically foaming at the mouth.
    “That’s all you have to say? Dude, your face is turning colors.” Davey followed me into the
    house and headed straight for the refrigerator.
    A dozen thoughts raced through my head. Namely, how I was going to stop this.
    Davey knew how protective I was of her. He lived two houses down from us, was our only
    mutual friend and a go-between. Skylar’s friends were mostly girls from her private school. Davey
    was our common denominator. I