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He lies behind me again. I flip on my side and scoot my back into his chest.

It’s exactly where I belong. Not just tonight, but forever.

CHAPTERTHIRTY-SIX

When I goto class on Thursday, I hear people talking about The Prep School Girls’ Reunion. The first episode starts tonight and it sounds like everyone on campus plans to watch.

During chem lab even Carson says he plans to watch the show. “Are you and Garret watching tonight?”

“I don’t know. Maybe we will just to see what they say about him.”

“Has he talked to Ava since all this started?”

“No. I don’t think she wants to talk to him. I think she prefers to live in her fantasy Garret-land where he does and says whatever she wants.” I set up the bunsen burner while Carson lines up the chemicals we need.

“On the promo for tonight, Garret shows up at Ava’s apartment and—”

“Garret’s not on the show, okay? So unless Garret has a twin, that’s not possible. Let’s just focus on the experiment. What chemical do we start with?”

As Carson checks the lab book I hear Amber and Mackenzie, the two girls behind me, talking about Garret.

“Did you go to the website and download those photos of him?” Mackenzie asks Amber.

“Yes. Oh my God. So hot. Next year I’m totally going to the swim meets.”

“Why wait? He’s always over at the pool. We should just go over there and get our own photos. Up close and personal.”

They both laugh. I want to turn around and punch them but of course I don’t. But what the hell? I’m sitting right in front of them. They have to know I can hear them.

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That night,I go up to Garret’s room after dinner. It’s officially spring break and our last night together before I leave to go home. Since I won’t see him for a week, I planned something special for him but I’m going to wait and surprise him with it later.

“Are we watching the show?” I ask him.

“No. Why would we do that?”

“To see what they’re saying about you. Carson said the promos made it look like you were actually going to be in one of the scenes. He said they showed you at Ava’s apartment.”

“How is that possible?”

“Maybe they got some actor who looks like you.” I turn the TV on and flip to the channel. “We should at least watch a few minutes.”

The show is starting and some cheesy music plays in the background as photos of the “stars” fade in and out.

I lean back against Garret as we sit on the bed. “It already looks bad. I can’t believe so many people like this.”

“I can’t believe you’re making us watch this. It’s our last night together. I don’t want to spend it watching this shit.”

“It’s only an hour and we don’t have to watch the whole thing. And we have plenty of time to do other things later.” I rub my hand over the front of his jeans.

“Hey, don’t be starting that unless you plan to finish it.”

I take my hand away. “Fine.”

He puts my hand back. “Well, go ahead and start so we can finish.”

“We’re watching the show. We’ll do that later.”

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