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I’m caught off-guard by her admission, and my feet start shuffling back and forth. “What?”
“I saw the votes after Mr. Garrison announced you in his hand. You won by a landslide, but the nerd barely lost to me. Fourteen votes, can you believe that?”
I can actually, but I don’t say that. I imagine how perfect it would’ve been for Izzy to have won prom queen. I scan the crowd and find her standing next to her friends, staring at me. She offers me a smile, but it’s pained. I return the same expression and want nothing more than to be with her.
“Hey.” Yvette’s fingers find my chin and pull it down, so my eyes find hers. “I know you’ve been fighting it, but we belong together, Matt. This should prove it.”
“No,” I answer bluntly.
“Yes,” she counters. “Sometimes relationships are hard, but we’re perfect for each other.”
“Yvette, what are you talking about? You barely know me.”
“That’s not true. We’ve gone to school together for four years.”
“Yeah, and that’s about as much in common as we’ve got.”
“Stop.” She rests her head on my chest. “I know you, Matt. Stop fighting this.”
“Fine,” I answer, still shaking my head. “What do you know about me?”
“What?” She looks back at me, confused.
“What’s my favorite color?”
She offers me a blank look, before throwing out a guess. “Blue.”
“Red.”
“Whatever—”
“Where’d I apply to college?”
“Um, UCI.”
“I didn’t.”
“You didn’t?” She sounds less surprised and more appalled.
“No. What’s my favorite video game?”
“Video game?”
“Yes, I like video games. What’s my favorite?”
“Matt, I don’t—”
“Legend of Zelda. What’s my favorite comic book?”
“I’m not—”
“Saga. This should be an easy one, based on how I’m dressed. What’s my favorite anime?”
“What’s anime?”
I let out a disbelieving chuckle. “Exactly.”
She wraps her hands around my neck tighter as I try to step away, but I’ve had enough. I know who I’m supposed to be dancing with. Who I’m supposed to be with. And it’s not her.
