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“What the fuck, Kendall?” Her eyes widened.
“Chill out, we were just getting acquainted,” Kendall said, moving for the door. “Isn’t that right,Becca?” She glanced back at me with an evil smirk.
The way she had spoken my name caused chills to run up my spine. Even though I didn’t understand it, in that single word, I felt her hatred for me.
The second they left, I sagged down onto the desk edge, and the door banger rushed into the room. “Jesus, are you okay?” She approached me.
“Yeah.” I smiled weakly, a little unsure of what had just happened.
“Don’t look so scared.” She laughed. “I don’t bite. Well, sometimes I do, but I prefer brunettes.” She winked, and I flustered.
“You’re—”
“Gay?” She smirked. “I don’t define myself that way. I like who I like.”
“Sorry.” My cheeks burned.
It was like since arriving at Credence High, I’d lost all ability to communicate like a normal person. That, and my heart was still in my mouth.
“For what? I enjoy making people squirm. Besides, it distracted you, didn’t it?” She shrugged, chewing on her thumb. “So new girl, do you like to party?”
“Party?”
What was happening right now?
“Yeah, you know. Music, beer, dancing, that kind of party?”
“I… uh, yeah, I guess.” I glanced sideways, but no one seemed to be paying us any attention. There was no huddled group waiting for her to deliver the punch line. No one discreetly recording the moment she made a fool of me. Kendall wasn’t hovering around, waiting for me to get another social beatdown. Which meant the girl was actually inviting me.
Didn’t it?
“Well, consider yourself invited. I’ll text you the details.” She held out her hand, and I stared at it blankly. “Cell phone, new girl. You do have one of those, right?” Her brows knitted together when I didn’t reply, still freaking out. “Jeez, you’re weird.”
She wasn’t wrong.
My insides clenched tight from how awkward I was acting. But after my run-in with Kendall, my brain wouldn’t function properly. The redhead waved her hand, snapping me out of it, and I dug around in my bag, handing her my cell phone. Her fingers flew over the screen, and when she was done, she held it out for me. “Expect a text this evening. It’s kind of an exclusive thing, so don’t go spilling to anyone, got it?”
“Okay.” It came out more of a question than a statement. Who the hell was I going to tell?
“Hey, and if you’re not feeling it, no pressure. You just look like you could use a friend right now. I thought you might like to come and hang out. If you’re worried about Kendall, she won’t be there tonight.”
“I do. I mean thanks.”
“It’s cool. You going to be okay to get home?”
I nodded.
“So I’ll see you tonight.”
She’d almost made it to the door, when I rushed out, “Wait, what’s your name?”
Actually, I had a ton of questions, but that was the one to spill out.
“Scarlett. See you tonight, new girl.”
I watched as she slipped into the line of kids heading to their next classes, as if she hadn’t just thrown me a lifeline.
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