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to get out of here.
    I walk toward the side of the house so no one will see me. Soon after, Ian rushes past me to get to his car. He doesn’t even notice me, but I stop him. I have to know what he meant by me getting away from Cassie’s group.
    “ What do you want?” he snaps at me, making me think twice about this. Another perk that I still have from my vampire years is that I can be very persuasive. It isn’t exactly glamour, but it works almost as good.
    “ I—I was just wondering what you meant earlier about Cassie not being good company.”
    He looks me up and down, “You clearly already know.”
    “ I don’t,” I tell him.
    “ I’m sorry, I can’t tell you…. If you don’t know already you will figure it out soon enough.”
    I’m getting ready to use my so-called persuasive abilities when Cody comes out of the house.
    “ Hey, Noelle, I was looking for you.” He turns me around and tries to kiss me, but I pull away. THIS is not going to be my first kiss.
    “ You really don’t know, do you?” asks Ian.
    I shake my head.
    “ Dude, let her go,” says Ian.
    Cody turns to face him. “Why don’t you worry about your own problems with Megan instead? It seems to me that is plenty to worry about.”
    Sure enough, Megan comes outside. “What the hell are you doing, Ian? First you leave the room because you are all consciously aware of what is happening to the freshman slut, and now this?”
    “ Shut up, Megan. You have been drinking. There were other reasons why I left. Just leave it alone.”
    By that point, half of the school is outside.
    “ Let’s go back in,” says Cody as he grabs my wrist. I break my wrist free from his hand and push him away. He stumbles back.
    “ Actually, I think I’m going to go home,” I say.
    He gives Cassie a look that can’t be good. Cassie shrugs.
    “ You are with me tonight. Let’s go.” His arms go around my waist and I’m just trying to get away from him again, when I see Ian’s fist coming his way. He hits Cody on his nose.
    There is an awkward silence everywhere.
    Cody wipes his nose with the back of his hand and when he sees blood, he clenches his fists and launches forward trying to punch Ian, but Ian moves out of the way and Cody stumbles, hitting the car.
    Everyone laughs, which distracts Ian. Cody comes from behind him putting his arm around Ian’s neck. With little struggle, Ian elbows the side of Cody’s stomach. Cody lets go of Ian and gets down on his knees.
    Next thing I know, Ian grabs my hand and pulls me past Cody and toward his car.
    “ Get in!” he yells, and I do.
    Megan shouts after him, and Cassie after me, but we both ignore them. Ian quickly makes his way to his side of the car, gets in, and drives off.
    He doesn’t say anything for a while, and then, “Where do you want me to take you?”
    “ Well, not home! I will be in trouble for dressing like this and for not being with Cassie.”
    He laughs. “You should be in trouble for being with Cassie.” He pauses. “My sister has clothes you can borrow. You can probably spend the night in her room. My dad is out of town and my mom is passed out by now. Does that work?”
    I nod. It’s not like I have another option.

CHAPTER TEN
    “ I will text my sister and let her know she will have a roommate for the night.”
    I nod. “Thank you.”
    After a short and silent drive to his house, he parks the truck and we walk toward the back porch where he gets the key from under the mat.
    Before he opens the door, he turns to face me.
    “ You really have no idea what Cassie is up to, do you?”
    I shake my head.
    “ You must be the most naïve person at that school then.”
    I can feel my heart beating faster. That comment really gets to me and not in a good way. I’ve had enough with Harvey and Nicholas thinking that I’m naïve and now him, who I barely even know.
    “ Why don’t you enlighten me?” I say. “All I know is that Cody gave her money and I overheard something about not