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It occurred to ood idea to have uy?" Jase looked towards Alex and his face went blank I was reminded of the time he came home to find that our little sister had decided toon them with a red Sharpie He had looked at the into the biggest teel had cried for hours

"His name is Alex Cole, and he just moved here from Montana" Talley said "He is smart, attractive, funny, and madly in love with your sister"

"What?" Two voices came out in unison -- htly, but refused to be dissuaded "C’ at you in Calc, and he was definitely flirting with you in Shakespeare You could almost see the electricity in the air between you two"

What the Hades was she talking about? I love Talley Really, I do But there are times when Talley’s world and the real world are two cohtly together you could barely see the to him Do you understand?"

"Did you seriously just try to tell me what to do?"

Jase narrowed his eyes "You do realize who he is, right? You remember what the other one said?"

"I re that just slipped your mind "But Alex doesn’t seem sointense I think he’s fairly innocuous"

"I don’t care what he is I pro out with one of the out that I was perfectly capable of taking care ofout with the new guy "No probleuy I would be perfectly happy if I never spoke to hiot up, shooting another glance in Alex’s direction "I’ll see you at the car after school," he said, grabbing half of my turkey sandwich

"What was that all about?" Talley asked, watching Jase as he made his way out of the cafeteria

"I’ to do with Alex’s psycho brother I think Jase is involved in soedto do?"

"I’ll just wait it out Jase will eventually tellaway fro to be a problem"

Talley looked over at the table where Alex was now chatting aith Ashley They were ed at the e of little Ashleys

"That may be a bit harder than you think"

"Don’t be crazy; it’ll be a piece of cake"

And it was a piece of cake I ed to avoid any and all contact with Alex Cole for thole hours

"There you are, Scout," Mrs Sole greeted me at the door of my print media class "Editorial staff is at the table in the corner"

I walked back to the table where Joi Fitzgerald and Meg Ja breath as I sat in the only available seat, next to Alex