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In the end, I’d been sent on my way with a timetable and a warning to behave myself. Like I hadn’t heard that before.
“I’ve heard about him.”
“He’s bad news.”
“He was constantly getting into fights over at BCS.”
People whispered when I passed in the hallways.
“Apparently, he’s got a big fat chip on his shoulder.”
I ignored them all. They couldn’t hurt me. I’d been through too much and had come too damn far to let a few opinions throw me off track.
“That one has a seriously bad reputation.”
“I heard he got a girl from his last school pregnant.”
“I’m pretty sure he just got me pregnant by glaring at me.”
“He’s my brother,” a familiar voice snapped, and I swung around to find Shannon, of all people, standing up to a group of girls in the hallway. “And you shouldn’t believe everything you hear.”
“Is he single?”
“You’re not his type.”
“What’s his type?”
“His girlfriend.”
I smirked to myself.
Well, this was a turnup for the books.
She was defending me.
Shaking off their remarks, I winked at my sister before making my way to my first class, arriving later than everyone else because this school was a fucking castle to navigate.
“Are they going to check his blood?” was the first snide comment I was dealt when I walked into maths. “Because I don’t want any druggies bleeding all over me.”
“He’s probably riddled with HIV,” the girl beside him sneered.
“Trust me when I tell ya, Buckley, that the best part of you ran down your father’s leg,” a familiar voice shot back in defense, and I turned in the direction of where Gibsie was pulling out the empty chair beside him. “And as for your girlfriend, Miss fucking Piggy,” he added, narrowing his eyes at the girl snickering beside the prick running his mouth, “I think it’s safe to say the tide wouldn’t take her out.”
“Fuck you, Gibsie.”
“Fuck you?” He threw his head back. “I wouldn’t ride you into battle.”
The entire class erupted in laughter.
“Howdy, friend,” Gibsie said with a grin when I dropped into the chair next to his.
Jesus.
“Gibs.”
“Wah-hey! You got my name right.”
“Yeah.” I shrugged. “Well, I figured I better learn it off seeing as I’m stuck with ya until next June.”
