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My fists slackened.
Lissa rushed past me after Riley. When she turned back, the dark look she shot Ren needed no interpretation. Her hardened gaze touched on mine before she rounded the corner, and the unbridled look of disgust didn’t wane one iota. If anything, it intensified.
I exhaled as I planted my hands on my hips and fastened my gaze to the top of my best friend’s bowed head.
Didn’t need any help reading the look she gave me, either.
Guilty by association.
Fuck.
TWELVE
LISS
“You were pretty worked up Saturday night, man.”
I pulled up short at the sound of Jason’s voice as I approached my locker Monday morning, stopping before I rounded the corner. The hinge of a locker door squeaked, and I squeezed the strap of my backpack, edging closer to the wall.
A throat cleared. “Yeah.”
Leon. My heart gave a hard thump.
“You’re not still hung up on Riley, right?” Jase asked, and I didn’t realize I’d stopped breathing, waiting for Leon’s response, until it didn’t materialize.
My lungs burned when Jase sighed, and my chest suddenly felt weighted.
“I don’t know what the fuck happened between them Saturday, man, but you know you can’t go there.”
“I’m not a total fucking idiot.”
“Not what I heard… you and Liss?”
My muscles stiffened, a sharp breath leaving my body.
“Dan’s got a big fucking mouth,” Leon muttered.
“Messing around with the best friend? And especially when that best friend is Liss. You’re either very brave, or very fucking stupid, dude.”
“I’m not messing around with Lissa.”
“No? What’s going on there?”
A locker door slammed into place with a resounding clang, and then, “Nothing.”
Nothing. One simple word.
It hit me like a slap to the face, and the corner of my lips tweaked with emotion as I fought to control my reaction to it. I glanced down, blinking.
It’s fine, Liss. We knew that.
It was nothing. Nothing to him, and nothing to me. But the word gained momentum as it sped through the air like a dart and headed straight for me. It was a pinprick, at worst, but when it hit, I fucking felt it.
I inhaled, holding myself still as Jason and Leon moved down the hall toward me, the soles of their sneakers padding softly over the linoleum.
“Not what Dan said. Painted a pretty vivid picture, too.”
“Dan should mind his own fucking business. And so should you.”
