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I peeked a glance at the football table to find Jace suddenly gone. Someone sat down beside me, placing their lunch on the table and their hand on my knee.
“I saved a seat for you,” Jace said.
Almost instinctively, I pushed his hand away and stared at Imani. She had her eyes narrowed at me in a death glare. Even Jamal looked surprised that Jace had come to the Outcast Table and was eating with us as the entire school looked on.
After the whispers finally died down, Imani cleared her throat. “So, Allie, where were you this morning? And what happened between you and Mr. Barnes? He couldn’t make eye contact with you all class.”
I shifted uncomfortably in my seat and glanced at Jace. “We, um, woke up late.”
Imani grabbed my wrist. “Okay, we need to talk,” she said, dragging me away from the table and the boys. When we were far enough away, she slapped my chest. “What the hell?” she whisper-yelled. “I thought you weren’t getting back together with Jace. What happened to ‘I hate him with all my heart. He’s a dickhead. He deserves to die’?”
Glancing back over at the table, I noticed Jace smiling at me. I didn’t know how I wanted us to be in school. I wanted him, and I didn’t want to hide it anymore … but those rumors and those pranks and all that shit this morning had almost been too much.
“He had a reason,” I admitted, “for doing everything that he did to me.”
Imani scrunched her nose. “Come on. Are you seriously going to believe him? He’s a player, and everyone knows it.”
I grabbed Imani’s hand and squeezed it hard. “I can’t tell you what it is, but I can promise you that I’m not being stupid …” At least, I hoped I wasn’t. “Jace has been through so much. I … I still love him. I always will.”
“Just know that if he fucking hurts you again, I will get Poison on his ass to kill him,” Imani threatened, glancing over at Poison.
Landon smirked at her and blew her a fucking kiss.
“You know that they would too. They hate rich, bratty kids like him.”
I held out my pinkie and let her curl hers around mine. “Deal. If Jace breaks my heart again, you can get Poison on his ass,” I said, letting out a chuckle. “Make them do anything that they want to do to him. Kai has some ideas.”
