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"Once you ring a bell, you can’t un-ring it"
He closes his eyes briefly "I’ at h Good night, Ryker"
I shut the door in his face
Penelope
Margo sits across from me at the student center Her face is pale, and she looks like she ether
"Ughhhh," colass of water
"I should have told you to hydrate last night Charimace I was suzzled a Gatorade
She nods and looks down at her pizza "I don’t think I can eat this"
"It’s barely edible anyway," I say as I e, and ht"
My ears perk up "Oh yeah?"
"We had a few ulps "Then I woke up on his couch wearing his shirt and roans "That’s the bad part I have no idea I got up before he did, grabbed rin
"Well if you were on the couch, probably nothing happened"
She sighs "I guess" Giving herself a shake, she tightens her sweater around her shoulders and crosses her arms "So, what’s the latest on the party? We all ready for toe, and runin slow motion All I can think about is Ryker and what he said I shove it down and bury it deep "Yes We’re ether Then we’ll head to the house Everything’s all set"
"And the players? Did Chariserly volunteered to be the one to text Blaze Her e said, If any football players show up, ill pull your nipples off Really We will
"She’s got it covered"
Margo nods "Good" Then she frowns and gives me an odd look
"What’s up?" I say
"You recall the day I ith Ryker in the science building and you showed up?"
I nod
Her chest leans in over the table, and there’s a glint in her eyes "I just re Archer said to hi there, and it was hard to hear, but I caught the gist of it"
"What?" My lips tighten
"No, it’s not bad I recall Archer giving hi any bets" She squints "I really think Archer was referring to you, because you had just walked past us" Her teeth chew on her botto The truth is he told the you want Ryker at the party?"
She waves her hands "No, no! I don’t care about that any was stupid, and I never should have putelse…" She stops "I’uess, and help you figure this out"
I so pastHer expression hardens "There’s Archer Don’t look, but holy moly, his face"