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His fur was silvery gray His eyes shifted color between sky blue and spring green, and his ears were flat against his head
I’d tripped and fallen, which put rowled deep and low, and my heart stuttered a littleuntil he padded forward and nuzzled my arm
“I’ to oing to recover anytio were damp and dirty, and they left brown marks on my knees
“Frick,” Ichoppy dark hair from my eyes “I really liked these jeans” Maybe for once it was a good thing I’d be back in a plaid school unifor
A flash of light filled the tunnel, and a sixteen-year-old boy in jeans and a long-sleeved shirt appeared in the hallhere the wolf had been
“The jeans are the last thing you need to worry about right now, Lily,” he said, ruffling a hand through his dark blond hair “I beat you in that last lap by a full ten seconds”
“I fell,” I pointed out, blushing a little as I looked into his blue eyes “Besides, you have four legs I only have two”
He made a sarcastic sound, but winked atActually, Jason and I had been dating for a feeeks now, and I still blushed a lot He was just, you know, cute The kind of cute that gave you goose bumps and made your heart flutter
The sound of splashing echoed through the tunnels, followed by the sound of heavy panting This tihtly weird BFF, and Michael Garcia, her totally adorable would-be boyfriend, stood in the threshold to the next tunnel (Would-be, if she let hi on it)
She was one of my suitemates at the über-snotty St Sophia’s School for Girls Michael and Jason were juniors like us, but they attended a private school a few blocks away from ours
“You guys okay?” I asked
“We’re good,” Scout said, but she didn’t sound thrilled about it
“I won,” Michael said, juoal line and spiked a ball “I aoes wild!”
Scout rolled her eyes, and Jason gave him a fist bump
“Well-done”
“Yeah, it really was,” Michael said, dark curls bouncing as he pranced around Scout like it would actually impress her Normally it wouldn’t, but there was a tiny smile at one corner of her mouth this time Maybe she was a little impressed
“So we’ve done our sprints,” she said, putting her hands on her hips “What’s next on the list?”
Jason pulled a folded piece of paper from his pocket and opened it up “Recoan
“Is it, ‘co awesome’?” Michael asked