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“Goodbye, Allie,” he replies.

“What was that about?” Blake asks before Elliot can say a word. He looks tense as he watches me.

“I’m apparently teaching a new dance class for thirty kids with your girlfriend. The old instructor broke something, and Harley can’t find anyone else in time.”

“Ah, but Izzy isn’t exactly very good at dancing. Don’t tell her I said that, but maybe teaching kids isn’t the best idea,” he says. I know where he is coming from. Izzy is very attractive and smart, but something goes wrong when she tries to dance.

“I know. I'll have her work with the younger ones or get drinks or something.” I smile, and he nods in relief.

"Morning, everyone," Gage says, coming into the room and leaning over me to grab a piece of bacon off my plate. I frown at him, which makes him kiss my cheek.Gage likes to steal other people’s food, it’s the main reason I have a mini fridge in my room.

"See you later, sexy Allie. We need to talk." He smirks at me before walking out.

"Sleeping with your roommates, now?" Elliot asks, drawing my attention to his bored-looking face.

"None of your business," I say, choosing to glare at him.

"Clearly, I thought you had standards, but you don't." He waves a hand in the direction of where Gage went.

"I do have standards, and Gage is nice," I say. I don’t know why I don’t just say I’m not interested in Gage. I see his jaw tick before he stands up.

"I'm clearly wasting my time on someone who isn't worth it." He glares at me across the table and walks out. I look down at my food, not wanting anyone to know how much his words hurt me. I remember the last time he said those words to me.

"Allie, do you want a drink?" a cute guy from my science class asks me. I’m fifteen and at my first party, so why not? I go to answer, but Elliot King, the boy I hate so much, comes to stand right next to me with his arm around Lily, his girlfriend who’s one of my friends.

"She doesn't need a drink, do you, Allie?" He sneers at me, looking me up and down before grimacing at what I'm wearing. I don't wear dresses often anymore since Elliot told me I look terrible in them in front of my whole class and everyone laughed.

"I don't mind," I say, trying to move away from them both.

As I leave, I hear Elliot laugh, saying to the guy, "Don't bother with her, she isn't worth it. Just some girl in a slutty dress."

I leave the party and cry all night before waking up and deciding I don't care what Elliot King thinks.The next week at school, I tell him to screw himself, and he laughs. I swear to never cry over Elliot King again.

I get up and leave the room. I hear Blake shout ‘wait’ behind me, but I just shut my door. I was a fool to think he would ever change. I spend the next hour in my room, calming down before meeting Emilia and getting into my car. Elliot King has always been a nasty pain in my ass. The amount of times he stopped me from getting dates, got me detention, or got me in trouble at school, made me to think about causing him bodily harm on several occasions. I hated him growing up. Tristan and Maisy always told me to avoid him and he would leave me alone. He never left me alone.

"You okay? I mean, that was harsh with Elliot," Emilia asks straight away. She gently touches my shoulder.

"I don't want to speak about him. Anyway, how was your night?"I ask.

"All right, but there was a guy I didn’t expect to see there. I don't want to speak about it," she mutters with a slight blush, and we both laugh.

"Boys, huh? Who would have them?" I say to her.

"Hey, we are both single, and I think we should keep it that way." She grins, and we laugh together on the way to the shopping centre.

We walk through the shops commenting about random things before finding Maisy and Izzy sitting with Jake at a table in the coffee shop. I wave as we walk over.

"There's the most handsome man I've ever seen," I say as I walk over to Jake, who is four months old and sitting in his pushchair eating his hand.

"Hey, you two," Izzy says with a grin as I sit down. I look over at a few guys at another table as they stare at Izzy.Izzy attracts attention wherever she goes, and the best part is she doesn’t even realise. She has long, blond hair, which is so bright it’s almost white, a slim figure, and a pretty face. When I first met her, I should have guessed she was related to the King brothers. She has the King green eyes.

"We were just talking about the wedding," Maisy says with a grin. Maisy is just as pretty, a little taller than me and has long, thick, black hair, which I love. I tickle one of Jake’s sock-covered feet, making him giggle at me before joining the conversation. Jake looks like his father in his face, but has black, curly hair, just as thick as Maisy’s.

"So, the theme of the wedding is midnight blue and white. I’m wearing white, so you guys are in blue. We can choose a style at the fitting next week that suits everyone. Also, Allie, you and Elliot have the job of sorting the reception," she drops in before picking up Jake.

"What?" I glare at her across the table. She turns Jake around so he’s facing me, and she looks like she is hiding behind her son. I swear she is using Jake as a shield right now so I don’t throw something at her.

"Sorry, Alliecat. I know you don't get along with Elliot, but you’re my maid of honour, and he's Sebastian's best man. It's your job to help me with things." She grins over Jake’s head, like she is winning an award. I'll give her an award, an award of having me chase her ass around the shops while throwing random things at her. She smiles at me, and I’m sure she knows what I’m thinking.

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