When we turned the corner, he veered so that his hand brushed mine, and I jerked away.
"You really don't like me, do you?" he said.
"I don't know you well enough to say that."
"Easily fixed. What are you doing after school?"
I shook my head as I stopped at my locker. He leaned against the one beside it.
I started my combination. "I suspect I could spend every evening this week with you and I wouldn't know you any better than I do right now."
"Sure you would. Anything you want to know, I'll tell you."
"That's the key word, isn't it? What I to know. Not necessarily the truth."
His lips twitched with what looked like genuine amusement. "Are you calling me a poseur? I should be offended."
"You could prove me wrong." I stuffed my bag in, took out my binder, then gestured at the cigarette in his hand. "Smoke that."
"In here? I think that's against the rules."
"Which shouldn't bother you at all, if you're the rebel you pretend to be.
"You really don't like me, do you?" he said.
"I don't know you well enough to say that."
"Easily fixed. What are you doing after school?"
I shook my head as I stopped at my locker. He leaned against the one beside it.
I started my combination. "I suspect I could spend every evening this week with you and I wouldn't know you any better than I do right now."
"Sure you would. Anything you want to know, I'll tell you."
"That's the key word, isn't it? What I to know. Not necessarily the truth."
His lips twitched with what looked like genuine amusement. "Are you calling me a poseur? I should be offended."
"You could prove me wrong." I stuffed my bag in, took out my binder, then gestured at the cigarette in his hand. "Smoke that."
"In here? I think that's against the rules."
"Which shouldn't bother you at all, if you're the rebel you pretend to be.
( Kelley Armstrong )
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