Page 14 of Ruthless Rose

Me:Yeah. But you’re you, and I’m nobody.

Scarlett:Stop. So not true.

Me:To them, I’m definitely a nobody.

Me:I don’t understand how being volun-told by his coach that I have to help him is somehow my fault.

Max:Definitely stop listening to whatever they are saying.

Argh. And I haven’t mentioned to Scarlett or Max the sexual undertones that Micah uses when he talks with me, or just how diligently Alora is sharpening her claws on my back. Or that I now have to deal with both of them as a spirit girl and a homecoming committee member.

Max:Should I have a conversation with Micah?

Me:NO.

Max:Because I can if you want me to. He doesn’t scare me.

Max:You’re acting weird. What is it about him?

Max:Why does he have you all twisted up?

Me:It’s dumb. Don’t worry about it.

It’s so dumb, Micah doesn’t even remember. He has no idea that I’d wondered about him for close to seven years.

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