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“She’s your cousin,” Axel said.

RJ shrugged. “She’s kind of your cousin too.”

“We’re not related. At all.”

“Yeah, but I’ve seen Aunt Penny on the security feed so many times that it’s hard not to picture Scarlett that way...”

“Stop watching my parents, perv,” I said.

RJ laughed. “Why? I am not in fact related to your hot mom. And she still does all those things she mentioned in her books...”

“You’ve read them too?!”

“Obviously.”

I sighed.

RJ turned to Jacob. “So on a scale of one to ten, how good at head is she?”

“Oh, definitely a ten,” Jacob said.

I glared at him. “Jacob!”

“What?” Jacob shrugged. “It’s a compliment, Scar.”

“I would have asked you the scale question, Axel,” RJ said. “But you don’t have anything to compare it to, so...”

Axel sighed. “You guys are the worst.” But he smiled down at me.

It seemed like he’d calmed down about this. Somehow. Maybe he was just pleased that I was so good at it? And honestly, I was kind of glad he’d missed out on my first few times at trying. Because those were a disaster. This truly was for the best, even if it was hard for him to see that.

“So are you guys going to lose your V-cards to each other tonight?” RJ asked.

“That is really none of your business,” Axel said.

“But if you do...which room are you thinking?”

“Hers, because there’s no cameras.”

“Son of a bitch,” RJ said under his breath.

I laughed. But then I realized it was a really really good thing that there weren’t any cameras in my room. Because if I was as bad at sex as I was at head at first, I didn’t want any footage of that. It would be mortifying.

The music cut off and the lights turned on.

I turned to see two cops walking through the cafeteria.

Shit! Soph! “Where is your sister?” I asked RJ.

RJ shrugged. “How should I know? Wait. Actually I do. She’s right there.” He pointed over toward the windows.

Mr. Halifax had just walked back into the cafeteria. With Sophie. His hand was on Sophie’s elbow and he was pulling her toward the cops.

Crap! I ran over to them.

Axel caught me around the waist before I could run up to them. “Are you trying to get arrested too?”

“I have to help Soph.”