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"Well one of the students did it," another lady says "And we had that harasso that the Dean refused to listen to, reirl dropped out"

"Do you think it’s true, then?"

"College students do a lot of silly things," the first lady says "But they don’t typically write ‘pervert’ in fake blood on doors unless they have a good reason to"

"If he’s been inappropriate to the female students, so helphis students now, you know, and they’re looking at all the cae…"

The door shuts and their voices cut off, but word of my exploits doesn’t stop It filters around a few people eating crea

"Ew, blood?" A girl wrinkles her nose

"It deserved to be written in shit," A guy scoffs

"I’ve always thought he was too nice," another guy shakes his head

"Why does a guy with his looks need to perv on girls? That’s fking sleazy as hell" The scoffing guy scoffs again

I keep walking A group of frat boys sees Su the lawn and hoot at hihtly pot-bellied professor drops his notebooks and scrabbles to pick the whispers are proof I’ve turned the school against hiic, sweetass Isis touch that strikes fear into the hearts of evildoing men everywhere –

"Isis!" Kieran runs up to !"

"Yes well, me and orders don’t exactly jive I mean, we jive, but it isn’t set so busted They have cameras, you know"

My stomach twists unpleasantly, but I shake it off

"Never fear, they spontaneously co is spontaneously coet kicked out!"

"Then we must make do hat little time we have"

"Isis –" I feel his hand onme back I whirl around and plant my feet and clear my throat

"I know that kiss was nice," I say "And we kissed a lot for two people whoup on souy and you look sort of Welsh which is always a good thing, ladies love kilts, notroughly seventy percent of woht, and I know you think you like et along well but here’syour hopes and dreams; I don’t wanna date anyone Or that’s not true, actually, the butthead I want to date just doesn’t want to dateyour lips to get over him like a terrible person in a movie would, a villain, but I’ve always been the villain or the dragon and I’on and I burn stuff down and I’oes limp I tear away and leave another person I hurt behind, and I’ to beataround with black eyes on my heart all the time

I march away so hard I don’t even notice when Diana passes me She squeals, backtracks, and catches up witheverywhere for yo-"

"Not now, hs, and slows "What about the county fair tonight? You said you wanted to go –"