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Neo joins his side. “Pretty crazy how you went down to take her deep in the tunnels, but you’re the one who disappeared.”
My shoulders shrug casually. “Couldn’t find her.”
I didn’t wanna have to tell them that I got my ass kicked by Scar and she stole my keys. Really don’t need that level of humiliation, when I’m already trying like hell to prove myself to these guys.
Neo slaps his phone to my chest. “You fucking helped her, didn’t you?”
“Dude!” I jump up, letting his phone fall to the floor. “Are we really gonna let that girl come between us? It’sus. We’ve been best friends since we were in diapers. Chill the fuck out.”
“You didn’t answer the question,” Jagger says directly.
“All right.” My shoulders drop in defeat. “She was in the tunnels when I found her. I planned on taking her deeper into them and leaving her for the night like we planned, but…”
Neo shakes his head, teeth grinding. “But what?”
“Didn’t exactly work out the way I planned, considering she shoved me back through the door and slammed it shut with my keys.”
Jagger’s voice rises. “She has your fucking keys?”
Neo’s steps become thunderous. “This is great. Really fucking great, Crew. Ya know, she’s the enemy for a reason. That bitch will manipulate the fuck out of you if you let her. Just like she did Maddie.”
My head drops forward, and I run my fingers through my hair. “She’s not manipulating me. Not in the least bit.”
Neo bends down and swipes his phone off the floor. “You’ve gotta toughen up and get over this girl. She’s not who you think she is.”
“I’m fucking over her!” I shout. “Jesus! Just let it go!”
He steps around me and goes toward the stairs, making it halfway up before saying, “Get your damn keys back by tomorrow's sunset or I’ll take matters into my own hands. We can’t have her snooping around where she doesn’t belong.”
I look at Jagger, who’s scratching his neck. “Come on, man,” I say. “You know I’m on your side, right?”
He doesn’t even look at me. Just shrugs his shoulders and walks in Neo’s footsteps. “I believe you’re on our side, but I think you’re still on hers, too.”
With a heavy sigh, I drop back onto the couch. “Fuck!”
Neo’s in my fucking head too much. I wish for once I could be who I want to be without him trying to dictate our fucking lives.
* * *
“Go away,”Scar hisses as I join her side on the trail.
“No can do. You’ve got something I’m gonna need back.”
“Aren’t your feet tired from walking back through the tunnels last night?”
“Ha,” I mock her, “very funny. And for your information, these legs just pressed a hundred and fifty pounds for a solid forty minutes.”
She doesn’t even look at me as she walks, just keeps on with her textbooks clutched to her chest. “How did you even find me out here?”
“Followed you. Saw you leaving the library while I was coming off the football field.”
“Well, now you can unfollow me. I have things to do.”
“You've got some guts to do what you did last night. Stealing my keys, fucking up my throwing arm.”
“And your eye,” she adds, pleased with herself.
She stops, her eyes smoldering when she looks at me. “Are you really going to give me shit for what I did after everything you assholes did to me?”
