Chapter 96: Ousted

I was so wrapped up in my head that I almost ran right into Pain at the front doors of the school. I glanced up at the last minute, jerking back from her as she scowled at me, arms crossed over her chest.

"Hi, Pain," I said. "What's up?"

"That's what I'd like to know." She sounded really pissed. Was her makeup not so thick? And where were all her piercings?

"Sorry?" I was so stunned by her missing hardware I didn't put anything together.

"I'm tired of how you're acting around Benjamin." Pain's booted foot tapped impatiently on the concrete step. "You're making him uncomfortable."

What? Bad enough she was so into him she treated Blood like crap, but she had the nerve to come after me?

"Maybe," I snapped before I could stop myself, "if someone I knew gave a crap for a second about other people's feelings, she'd see I'm not the bad person here."

Bad move. I spotted it the moment I started talking. Pain's eyes narrowed, her lips thinning out as her arms dropped, hands forming into f