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I got distracted by someone walking by with a tray of brownies. I grabbed one. “Here, these are delicious.” I handed it to Jacob.

“What do you mean by that? Did you try a bite?”

“Several. I ate a whole brownie. And if you’re not going to eat that one...”

Jacob held it out of my reach. “You ate a whole brownie?”

“Yes?” Why was he looking at me like that was a bad thing?

“Which one of you idiots let her have a brownie?”

RJ laughed. “I didn’t even get a chance to stop her. She downed the whole thing really fast.”

“It feels like everyone is calling me fat,” I said. “Which is very rude. Have none of you ever learned manners?”

“Scarlett, these are pot brownies,” Jacob said. “You’re high.”

What?

“Which is why I was taking her home,” Axel said.

“She can’t go home,” Jacob said. “If her dad sees her like this she’ll be grounded forever.”

“It’s just a little weed...” RJ started.

“A little is a lot to her! She doesn’t do drugs.”

RJ shrugged.

“I’m high?” I touched my face. “Oh my God, I can’t feel my face! Is it still there?”

Jacob put his hand on my shoulder. “You’re fine.”

I kept touching my face. “My boyfriends liked my face.”

Jacob laughed. “So why does she think she has two boyfriends?”

“Because I do,” I answered for myself. “I’m dating you. And I’m dating my kiss thief. Who is Leo. Can you believe it? I went on a date with him last night...”

“Excuse me?”

“It was more of a reveal than a date. He definitely thought it was a date though. And I did have dinner and dessert. Only because it was my favorites. It wasn’t my fault. He knew too much about me. It was very manipulative. And I wanted to tell you it was a date to begin with, but I was worried you wouldn’t let me go. Because you thought it wasn’t important to unmask him and it was very important to me...”

“Scarlett, if you’d told me it was important to you I wouldn’t have stopped you.”

“Good, so we’re on the same page.”

“No, we’re not on the same page. I would have wanted to be a part of whatever mission it was. And I still don’t understand why you think you’re dating him?”

“Because I am dating him.”

RJ laughed. “She wanted to tell you about the date herself. And she somehow backed herself into a corner where she thought if she appeased Leo by saying she was his girlfriend, he wouldn’t tell you about the date first himself.”

Jacob sighed.

“Ah! Do you hear that?” Music was filtering into the room. “This is my jam!” I grabbed Jacob’s hand and pulled him down the hallway.

“Scarlett...”