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from the hallway deadened instantly. It was pitch dark and I got really dizzy all of a sudden. My arm shot out to steady myself and I knocked over a broom or something. I felt Derek's hands snake around my waist, and his body pressed mine against the closed door. "See, I told you I was lucky," Derek whispered, right before he kissed me.

 
FIVE
    My hands wrapped around the back of Derek’s head, my fingers threading through his hair. His hands rose from my waist to my neck. He cupped my face as our mouths moved together. My god, he can kiss.
    His body pinned mine to the door and one of his hands fell down to my thigh, inching up under the short hem of my cheer skirt. I felt my legs begin to part so his knee could slide between them. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I could feel my brain trying to send me feeble signals, but not much was getting through.
    Thud! Someone or something hit the other side of the door with a loud smack, and I shoved Derek away from me. "Shit! I totally didn't mean to do that," I said, my breath coming in gasps.
    "Don't worry, I'm still right here," he said, his hands finding my waist again in the darkness and pulling my hips in tight to him.
    I slapped his hands away. "Not that, dumbass. I didn't mean to bring you in here. I was just trying to get away from someone. I definitely didn't mean to kiss you."
    "That's weird. I can't remember the last time someone accidentally put their tongue in my mouth." Even though I couldn't see him, I swear to god I could feel him grinning at me.
    "Oh shut up. If you tell anyone about this I guarantee you everyone on the football team will know you sleep with a calculator."
    "You promised." In the dark, I couldn't tell if his injured tone was mocking me or not.
    "I just don't want the football team thinking I'm the wide receiver, you know what I mean?"
    "Shit, I wouldn't let that happen."
    "Yeah, make sure you don't." I eased open the door a crack. I could hear some noise in the hall, but it was obvious the between class commute was winding down. I slipped out the door with Derek right behind me. Thankfully, there was no Grady in sight.
    The last few students scurried down the hallway. I pulled out my schedule and stared at it. "Crap. I'm late for math, and I have no idea where it is."
    Derek bumped against me playfully. "Want to say screw it and hit the closet again?"
    "You're freaking hysterical. Did you know that?" I tapped my foot impatiently. "We've still got that hall pass. Come on genius, walk me to class. I trust you know your way to the math wing?"
    I didn't see many people I knew for the rest of the day. I had a few people from Totem Falls in my classes, but I didn't have much to say to any of them. They all thought they knew me. I did get some surprised looks at the cheerleading uniform, which I tucked away with pathetic satisfaction.
    When sixth period rolled around, I practically sprinted to the gym for cheer practice. Every day of the school year my final hour would be devoted to cheer "class." I couldn't think of a better way to blow off steam than to reel off a string of cartwheels, and that's exactly what I did the second I dropped my bag on the gym floor. I finished off with a huge leap, arching my back and landing on my toes.
    "Awesome, Baby!"
    "Barbie," I said automatically, the same way I had all day in my classes when the teacher called roll.
    "Sorry Barbie ," Kaia rolled her eyes, grinning as she walked towards me, bouncing lightly on her toes as well.
    "Are you done showing off?" Amy Yates sat a few rows up in the bleachers, looking down her nose at me, surrounded by the same group of friends she'd been with that morning.
    "Just getting some energy out. It's cheer practice, not the library."
    Amy sniffed and tossed her head. "That's where you're wrong. It's not practice. We do that on our own time. We have a lot more important stuff to do than flip around."
    I folded my arms across my chest. "Like what?"
    "Like answer to her." Amy pointed,