Page 125 of No Good Deed

"Two seventeen."

"AP Physics?"

"Yeah? Are you taking it?"

"Hell, no. I don't do physics. But my brother's in that class. Follow me. I'll show you where to go."

I already know where to go. I memorized the school map last night so I wouldn't be lost today. But I follow her anyway since she's the first person who's talked to me since I got here, other than the asshole, but he doesn't count.

"Why all the names?" I ask as we go up the stairs. "For that guy."

"Dean?" She smiles at me like my question implies I'm interested in him. Is she insane? Did she not see how he treated me? "He's popular. Popular people get nicknames."

I don't know how he could be popular being that mean. Or maybe he's only mean to people like me. People who aren't popular.

"Why the Destroyer?" I ask. "Because he destroys guys on the football field?"

"It isn't about football. The girls here named him that."

"Why?"

"Because he destroys hearts." She stops at a classroom that has the door open. "This is it. Welcome to the land of the geeks."

I look in the classroom and see it's mostly guys. Scrawny guys with glasses, all staring down at their phones.

"Thanks," I tell her. "Hey, what's your name?"

"Eve, but I go by Spike."

"Really?"

She bursts out laughing. "You're so fucking easy. Do you believe everything people tell you?"

"No," I say, sounding offended, but unfortunately she's right. I believe people way too much. It's something I resolve to do less of this year.

"Hey, shithead," she says, nodding at someone behind me.

I turn and see a tall, thin guy with glasses looking at Eve. "Mom said the car is ready."

"Finally," Eve says. "I'm taking it tonight."

"Whatever," he says, going past me.

She grabs his arm and yanks him back. "Say hi to the new girl."

"Brook," I say, my eyes bouncing between them, noticing how similar they look. "Are you guys twins?"

"Unfortunately," Eve says, rolling her eyes. "This is Evan."

"Hey," he says, shaking my hand. His hands are thin and bony, a sharp contrast from the hands that wrapped around me in class earlier. Why am I even thinking about that? I told myselfto never give that guy another thought. I don't waste precious brain space on assholes.

"Evan, you won't believe what New Girl did to Dean today."

"It's Brook," I mutter.

The bell rings.

"Shit! I'm late." Eve runs off.

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