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further as I pushed myself against the door to stay as far from him as possible. Reaching to the side, I found the door handle and pulled it. The door swung open and I fell onto the ground.
    “Leave me alone!” I screamed.
    “I like a good chase.”
    He leered at me as I tried to stand and move further away from him at the same time. As Dex stepped out of my door, a footstep crunched behind me. I turned to see Jagger standing close by.
    “What the fuck are you doing here?” Dex growled.
    “Doing what I should’ve done years ago,” Jagger said.
    He grabbed Dex by the collar and his fist flew into Dex’s face. Dex stumbled backwards against his car. Blood trickled from the side of his mouth, and he wiped it away with the back of his hand.
    “What was that for? Her? I always knew you were hot for her. Figures her becoming your sister would get you even hotter.”
    Jagger stepped up to Dex and punched him in the stomach. Then he turned to me and put his hand out as Dex collapsed and gasped for air.
    “Let’s go home.”
    I nodded and took his hand. He helped me up, and we walked to Phil’s car where he opened the passenger door for me.
    “Are you okay?” he asked.
    I was so stunned, I couldn’t answer. I nodded and he started the car and drove back to the road.
    Lowering my head, I took a deep breath and noticed the phone still in my hand. I turned to look at it and saw time ticking by on a call. I had accidentally called Jagger, but how did he know where to find me?
    Questions filled my head, but I couldn’t ask them. I couldn’t make sense of anything well enough to even utter the words ‘thank you.’ I turned towards Jagger as we pulled up to a traffic light.
    “Don’t mention it,” he said, reading my mind.
    He didn’t say anything else the rest of the ride home. When we entered the house, we each went our own way to our bedrooms. As I sat on my bed, I faced the wall we shared and wondered what he was doing. Could I have been wrong about him?
    Finally able to speak, I dialed Issy’s number. After quickly bringing her up to date, she let out a long sigh.
    “See,” she said. “I told you he’s a nice guy. He didn’t have to show up there, and he knows Dex better than anyone. He warned you not to go.”
    “I don’t know. I just...it’s so hard for me to believe it. In this one week that he’s been here, he’s been nothing like I remember.”
    “He was different then, that’s all. We were all different then. You gotta let it go and see him for who he is now.”
    “It just doesn’t make sense, Issy. All of tonight makes no sense at all.”
    “Then maybe you should talk to him,” she said. “I mean, on my end it sounds like he’s been flirting with you.”
    “No way, he’s just teasing me because of how I reacted that night.”
    “You even said you thought he was acting jealous.”
    “Yes, but…I don’t know. There’s no way.”
    “And what about what Dex said to him?”
    “No. I don’t know. Maybe I’m making it all up. Maybe I’m just hoping this hot guy who seems so great likes me.”
    “I still think you should talk to him.”
    “Yeah, I need to at least thank him. I’ll talk to him in the morning. Maybe I won’t feel so confused then.”

    ***

    I woke up the next morning thinking about Jagger and everything that had happened. Issy was right, I needed to talk to him. I looked at the clock on my nightstand and saw it was only eight o’clock. It couldn’t hurt to send him a text.

    Sierra: You up? I want to talk.

    I waited about half an hour before I decided to get out of bed. Guess he’s still asleep. I took a shower and got dressed, but when I left my room, instead of heading downstairs, I went to Jagger’s door.
    With my ear to the door, I held my breath as I listened. I couldn’t hear anything. I checked my phone and still didn’t see a reply. He should be up by now. I knocked on his door and waited. After a minute, I tried the knob and found it unlocked.
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