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I groaned and threw myself onto my back and went back to glaring at the ceiling. “This is stupid.”
“For us, maybe. But not for Justin.”
“Not for Cadence either. She talked him into it.”
“From what Justin said, she simply listened to him and gave him perspective. Don’t be mad at her.”
“I’m not mad at her.”
“Didn’t seem like it.”
I covered my eyes with my forearms, wishing I could just go back to sleep. It was too damn early for this. “I don’t know what to do with her.”
Paxon chuckled and grabbed my knee, squeezing it. “I don’t think any of us do.” He stood up, the bed shaking as he got off. “Join us for some fun when you’re ready.”
“I have to go home for dinner.”
When Paxon didn’t reply right away, I lifted my arm so I could see him. He stood at the end of the bed, frowning hard. “Join us sooner rather than later then.”
Paxon left me with too much to think about. I had to force myself to go downstairs and join everyone else. While I was gone, everyone had managed to make a huge mess on the table as they’d tried to build the weirdest shit.
Cadence smiled and tilted her head toward the empty chair next to her. I slowly joined them and like they always did, they welcomed me easily, never questioning my burst of anger.
Chapter Six
School on Monday was different. A normal day had always been full of whispered comments about me, uninviting glances that left me feeling dirty, and more frowns than greetings.
I didn’t get that on Monday. All that used to be aimed at me was instead aimed elsewhere.
At Benji.
For the first time since the beginning of the school year, I was back to being unseen. How I liked it. I forgot how much I missed it. When I walked into my classes, people didn’t stare at me and whisper with each other, or share dirty jokes. No one looked at me, too busy jumping on the rumors that were obviously spreading faster than they should have been.
Sure, we had a lot of classmates at the party, but I didn’t expect every student in the school to know what had happened. There were like a thousand students here. I was lucky if I knew even a hundred of them. Sure, faces were familiar, but I nearly went four years without even knowing the guys and they were in my grade.
So how were the rumors about Benji spreading this fast?
And they weren’t good rumors at all, embellishing what had happened at the Halloween party.
When I walked into my music class, Toby was already there, talking with another classmate. He was grinning big, looking a little mischievous.
“Hello, Candy Mint.”
“Candy Mint?” I raised a brow.
The other classmate, Joey, gave me a weak smile before going to his seat after a quick ‘see you later.’
“You’re always refreshing to see.” Toby gave me his full attention, still grinning like a mischievous little fox. I should have made him dress up like that for Halloween.
I rolled my eyes. “How hard did you have to think about that one?”
“Not hard at all.”
I settled in next to him, opening my notebook to a clean page. “So…” I said, not really sure what to say.
“So.” Toby really wasn’t going to make this easy.
“What did you do to make the rumors spread so quickly like this?” I blurted out.
