Page 131 of The Friend Zone

I think I know where this is going.

Cole figures it out at the same time as I do. “I knew it! Bianca is the mysterious blogger who posted all that trash about Lakyn last year and who tried to ruin Bay’s reputation last night?”

Candace confirms. “Yes. At first I thought she must have made some comments to the photos, and that was why she was getting the notifications. But when I clicked on the next one, I realized that she was getting that many notifications because she was the OP (original poster). To be honest, I was really shocked. I knew Bianca doesn’t like you because she’s jealous of you, but I never thought she’d stoop that low. Especially not with a sister.”

Jagger shakes his head. “That girl is bad news. But I thought she was smarter. We know she used a VPN to disguise where that blog came from, but if you go to that kind of length, you’d think you’d protect your phone with a passcode. That way, you wouldn’t have been able to access the notifications.”

Candace rolls her eyes. “Oh, she had a passcode. But it’s zero, zero, zero, zero. I saw her punching it in a few times. Who can be such a dumb ass?”

I snort out a laugh. “Bianca has been hanging out with Topher a little too much.” I explain Topher’s theory about obvious passwords. “He kept telling me to choose obvious passcodes and passwords when we were dating.”

My sister looks less than impressed. “Really? I always thought Topher was super smart. Anyway, I thought you’d want to know that Bianca is behind the ‘Not Your Puck Bunny’ posts.”

I’m not surprised, but that doesn’t change the situation. “I can’t say I didn’t suspect her.” I say.

“If you want to kick Bianca out of our sorority,” Candace says. “I’ll back you up at the next Zeta meeting.”

It’s not that simple. “Thanks, babe.” I sigh. “But it takes a little more than that to kick a sister out. It’s not that I don’t believe you, but Bianca will deny it. It’ll be down to your word against hers and the central chapter requires proof for us to be able to expel a fully fledged member.”

Candace smiles. “That’s why I’m here.” She takes a cell phone out of a pocket on one side of her leggings. “Last night I took this before I left. I just wanted to get here before Bianca wakes up and realizes that her phone is missing.”

Holy shit. I’d recognize Bianca’s purple, crystal encrusted phone case anywhere. “You stole Bianca’s phone?” I gasp.

Redness rises on Candace’s face. “I thought you’d need proof.”

“Thank you, thank you, thank you.” I squeal, pulling Candace into a hug. “I usually would never condone theft, but this is a special circumstance.”

Emboldened by my reaction Candace smiles. “Let’s just say we borrowed it. Bianca should have been more careful with it, if she didn’t want to get busted.”

I walk to my desk in search of my own phone. “Ok, let me take a few screenshots and?—”

Jagger comes up behind me, lowering himself into the chair by my desk and pulling me down to his lap. “I’ll do you one better, Nova. We have her passcode, so I can back up her entire phone to your laptop.”

“Really?” I beam, getting a little lost in the warmth of his golden eyes.

“You can bet your cute little ass on it,” Jagger chuckles, nuzzling my neck. “What’s the point of dating an IT major, if you can’t take advantage of his skills? Like this, we can prove exactly where that shit came from. And I would go to the cops before informing the Dean. I don’t trust Dean Williams not to try to bury all this.”

I’m about to agree with him, but Candace intervenes. “Guys, the blog isn’t the only reason why I’m here. I’m not particularly proud of it, but last night I might have snooped around in Bianca’s phone beyond the puck bunny blog. I’ve been seeing Tucker for a couple of weeks. It’s still kinda new, nothing serious yet but I really like him. The second Bianca realized it, she started trying to get with him.”

I sigh. “I’m sorry. I think Bianca likes it even better when her hookups are taken.”

Candace nods. “I think you’re right. Like I said, Tucker and I aren’t official or anything. But he swears left and right that he isn’t into her and I kinda wanted to see if he was telling the truth. Bianca always likes to take selfies and videos in bed with her hookups, so I thought if Tucker has been lying, I’d find proof. Anyway, I was looking at her videos, and I stumbled on something else. I think you should see it.”

She takes the phone from Jagger. “Here, watch this.”

I immediately recognize one of the upstairs bathrooms in the Zeta house.

Kylie’s face comes into the frame first.

Kylie: Hey everyone. Tonight is Rush Fair night. If you go to Star Cove University, you’re going to know that the Zeta Theta Beta kissing booth is the place to be.

Bianca: My sister is right. The booth was my idea and you can buy tokens to redeem kisses from your favorite Zeta online. We still have limited availability, so hurry.

Kylie: Whether your favorite Zeta is Bianca, or Candace, Tami or me, you’ll need a chip to get a kiss. There are different colors and you can find the explanation of what each color buys you on our sorority’s website.

Bianca: In the meantime, you get to watch me and Kylie get ready. I’m curling Kylie’s hair right now. Isn’t she gorgeous? Too bad we didn’t have a better curling iron. TheseBay W. Styling tools are garbage. No wonder our president gave them to us as presents last Christmas. Here, Kylie. Despite the shitty tools, you look beautiful enough to eat. Or should I say kiss? Come on, let’s go get dressed. See you all soon, boys.

Kylie: Hey B., remember to unplug the curling iron. They should switch off automatically when they get too hot, but you never know. We don’t want to burn the house down.

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