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Chapter 130: Don't You Dare
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"I spent the rest of the weekend thinking about it," Addison said without a greeting as she came up to Bryce on Monday. After lowering her voice and looking around, she whispered, "I think Wednesday is the best day to skip class.""You want to skip class?" he asked loudly just to make her crazy."Would you keep it down?""That's a mighty tall order," he said with a wink."Would you just be quiet and listen?" He smiled, pretended to lock his mouth and throw away the key, then she continued, "We don't have a test coming up anytime soon, and I'm not missing out on the lecture Friday, so Wednesday it is.""I guess it is.""Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to take my seat and get ready." She didn't wait for him to respond before taking off toward her seat.Bryce followed until he got to his seat and grabbed his stuff that he needed. It was going to be a pretty boring day anyway. Well, it had been until the teacher said it was time to pair up for the big project. He already saw guys e
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Addison choked down another drink of the nasty stuff in the cup. She wasn't sure what it was, but no one should be drinking it. She put the glass up to her nose and sniffed, but all she could make out was the strong Kool-Aid smell. Everyone knew this wasn't her scene, but she was out to prove a point. She was out to prove that she could have fun on her own. That she had friends. When Bryce had gone off and left her standing there, it hurt, more than it should. It didn't hurt because he was mad at her for skipping class. That was a crappy move. She shouldn't have done that. What had her in knots was that he didn't want her anymore. He'd been spending all his time talking to her and trying to get her to be around him, and suddenly he just walked away. She hadn't heard from him Monday evening, and she still hadn't seen him on Tuesday. She would have thought he'd be around by then. When Shelly showed up and invited her to a party, she didn't turn her down. It shocked them
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Bryce had a million and one things running through his mind, but the only thing he cared about at the moment was making sure Addison felt safe again. Declan was actually a buddy of his, and after he had talked with him, he realized the guy didn't mean any harm. In fact, he had just been watching out for her to start with. He'd told him that as the night went on, he felt like there might have been something, but he got it, and there were no hard feelings. Of course, he wasn't about to tell Addison any of that. If she had felt unsafe, he didn't care what who intended."I'm really sorry," she spoke quietly beside him as they walked through campus."What for?""Because I probably interrupted some hot date or something.""Nah, the hot date has just begun," he told her with a big smile.He heard her breath hitch, "Bryce.""What had you going out getting drunk at a party without me? Are you being an overachiever again? You know part of doing that list is to get you to stop being that w
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Groaning at the loud noise, Addison pushed on her temples and wished it would quit. She wasn't even sure what was making the awful racket, but it was the world's worst noise. She had learned her lesson after the night before. She was never drinking again. Ever. "Hey girl!" "Don't yell!" Addison said waving her arms at Shelly as she took a seat next to her in the student union."You look like crap," Shelly told her, thankfully in a much lower voice.Addison gave her a look that if it would, it'd kill. "Golly, thanks. You're in deep crap, by the way.""Me?" she asked with wide eyes. "What'd I do?""You left me!" she told her raising her voice. "You knew I'd been drinking, and you left me with a guy I didn't know without talking to me first.""Declan? He wouldn't hurt a fly. Besides, I sent you a text.""A text that I didn't get until after you left. Did you even know that I needed you to come get me?""No? You didn't message me. I didn't get anything," she said reaching f
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"The he..." Addison trailed off not finishing the word she really wanted to say."Surprise, pumpkin," her father said as he smiled over at her. Her mother was beside him looking prim and proper like she always did. "What are you guys doing here?"After a big hug, her father said, "I was over this way for a conference, and we thought we'd drop in and say hello.""Oh, well, hey. It certainly is a surprise. Mom didn't say you guys were in the area when we talked the other day."Addison showed them in and watched as they looked around her small dorm room. Her mom gave her a dissatisfied once over before asking, "What are you wearing?"Looking down at herself, Addison inwardly cringed. "I was out earlier helping a friend move some stuff." She hoped that would explain her jeans and cotton shirt. It was sad that she had to defend something that seemed so normal. She'd seen many of her classmates in sweats and pajamas. Seeming satisfied with her explanation, her mom took a seat at
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Addison had been thinking about everything her parents had said. It all made perfect sense. She needed someone who she could depend on, someone who wouldn't make a fool out of her when the time came. She needed someone predictable and responsible. Bryce hadn't shown her that he was any of those things. He couldn't even be serious when he'd met her parents. What kind of person did that?"Hey, Addison," Dean said as he took a seat next to her in their English class on Monday. She'd avoided sitting in the back like she had before with Bryce. He always came in just in time, and she wasn't surprised that she had beat him there. "Hey, Dean. How was your weekend?""It was pretty good. You?""My parents were in town.""That must have been nice," he told her with a charming smile."Yeah, real nice.""So, um, Addison, I was wondering-""You can just keep wondering," Bryce said, cutting Dean off, as he leaned in between them from behind. Addison gave Bryce a sideways glance, and wh
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Bryce was sitting in class waiting for Addison to show up. It was probably the only time he'd be early. He'd gone to her place the night before to see her, but she was gone. If you asked him why he had gone, it was to drop in and see about working on their project, but that was the biggest lie ever. He wanted to see if she'd actually gone out on that date. He was trying not to jump to conclusions, but since she hadn't been there, he could only guess that's where she was. Bryce didn't understand why she would do that. It wasn't so long ago that she had sent him a text in the middle of a party, and he'd come to her rescue. She'd wanted him to kiss her that night, and he wouldn't do it. Maybe she was just trying to scratch an itch or maybe he was just some sort of curiosity of hers. Just thinking about it that way was pissing him off.He heard Addison before he saw her. She was talking with someone as she came in the lecture hall, and as soon as their eye collided, she stopped
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