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She's With Me (She's With Me #1)(6)
Author: Jessica Cunsolo

“Never gonna happen. Seriously, Kaitlyn, give it up. I’m tired of this shit.” He pushes her off of him.

This no longer concerns me, which gives me an out to head to my locker, figuring there’s no point in going back into the cafeteria since lunch is almost over. Turning the corner, I hear someone jogging to catch up with me. Aiden’s suddenly blocking my path, and he’s managed to get rid of Kaitlyn.

“Look, I just wanted to make sure you were okay.”

“I’m fine. And I’m sure Mason or Noah told you that I don’t blame you, so you can sleep soundly tonight knowing that they weren’t lying. You didn’t know my ribs were healing, but do everyone a favor and refrain from kidnapping and throwing girls over your shoulder in the future.”

I step around him and continue along my course.

Everything about Aiden is aggravating. His stupid body, his stupid face, his stupid eyes, his stupid personality, even the way he runs his hand through his hair is stupid. It really angers me that I could easily replace four of those five stupids with perfects—his personality really is a waste.

After getting my books for English, and with five minutes until the bell rings, I head to the other side of the school for my next class.

“He’s way out of your league you know.”

Kaitlyn. Again.

She’s with that other girl—I think it’s Melissa or Marcella or something—and her group of followers surrounds them. Somehow they even managed to surround me, leaving me no other choice than to endure this crazed confrontation.

“Excuse me?”

“Makayla, do you think she’s deaf?” Kaitlyn looks at her black-haired second-in-command, who gives me the up and down.

“SHE SAID HE’S WAY OUT OF—”

“I’m not deaf, no need to shout in my ear,” I snap.

“Good, then you’ll hear me when I tell you to stay away from Aiden. He’s mine. Always has been, always will be,” Kaitlyn says.

Wow, is Kaitlyn ever delusional.

“Did you hear the same thing I did two minutes ago? I distinctly remember Aiden telling you to get lost.”

“He’ll be mine. Everyone knows we’re practically together. I’m warning you—stay the hell out of my way or else we’ll have a problem.”

Good grief, I don’t even want Aiden. He’s a jerk—a hot one, but after a while, we’d eventually have to talk. And while my body is attracted to him, every time he opens his mouth, my brain gets mad.

“I don’t have time for this.” I try to get around Kaitlyn and her drones but they block my path, clearly not done with me.

“If I throw a stick, will you go chase it?” I huff out, getting tired of this.

“Bitch, I’m trying to be nice and give you a heads-up. If you don’t stay away from my man, shit will go down, and you’ll want to crawl back into that hole you climbed out of.” Kaitlyn narrows her eyes at me.

“Don’t worry about me, worry about your eyebrows,” I say.

She gasps and her hands fly to her face. There wasn’t anything wrong with her eyebrows, but I knew that would get her. Shoving my way through the group, I see Mason leaning against a locker on the other side of them, looking amused. He steps in beside me, matching my strides.

“You’re full of surprises, koala.”

I look at him, confused. “Did you just call me a koala bear?”

“Koalas are not bears, they’re marsupials, but yeah, it’s fitting. You look all cute and innocent, but once you’re aggravated, you turn all vicious—just like a koala.”

“I don’t know if that’s meant to be a compliment or not,” I say.

“It could be.” He winks. “That’s the second time I’ve seen you in a confrontation with a notoriously vicious person, and you came out on top both times. I was going to intervene this time, but it was damn entertaining. And it’s obvious you didn’t need my help.”

It’s easy to see why Mason’s such a heartbreaker. I could see myself doing something stupid, like falling in love with him, if I wasn’t as smart as I am. Or if I wasn’t dead set on not getting into any trouble.

“I’m glad I amuse you, and thanks for not telling Aiden about what happened, like you promised.”

“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit,” he jokes.

“If I didn’t use sarcasm I’d have to flat out tell someone they’re an idiot, which is considered rude, and I was raised much better than that.” I return his smirk with one of my own.

Mason laughs at me and we stop at a split in the hallway, facing each other. “Always have an answer, don’t you?”

“The smart girls always do.” I wink at him and turn down the left corridor, silently praying he’ll turn right, because that was a damn good last word, and it’d be awkward if he ended up having to come the same way. He turns right, and I mentally high-five myself.

I get to my class and see Chase sitting on top of a desk with his back to me, talking enthusiastically to a bunch of guys. Not wanting to awkwardly cling to Chase, I walk to the middle of the room and sit down at an empty conjoined desk. While I’m pulling out my notebook, the chair directly beside me is pulled out, and a girl with long dark-brown-almost-black hair sits down beside me.

“Hey, you must be Amelia, right? I’m Annalisa, but call me Anna.” Her dark-red lips part in a smile.

“That’s me. Let me guess, you’re wondering how I insulted Aiden and lived to tell the tale?”

“Aiden might be an ass sometimes,” she says, laughing, “but honestly, he’s one of the best people I know.”

“You’re friends with him?”

“I’m dating his best friend, Julian. Aiden’s really not bad—he’s kind of fun to be around once he opens up. He’s amazing to the people he cares about, but he definitely knows how to be scary,” she finishes.

“I’m not scared of him.”

She laughs again. “I know, I got there in time to hear you tell him off—I was laughing so hard! The guys always rip on each other, but it was fun seeing someone else do it, especially someone so innocent looking!”

“Mason and Noah said almost the same thing.”

“They’re really laid back—they found it hilarious—but you know, boys and their pride. That’s why Aiden reacted like that. He feels really bad about what happened though. He never said it out loud, but if you’re close to him, you could tell that it bothered him.”

“He apologized to me today … sort of.”

“He what?!” she chokes out. “Tell me what happened!”

I told her what Aiden said in the hall, omitting any parts relating to Kaitlyn.

“Wow, he must really like you. Or at least care.”

“I should feel honored,” I reply sarcastically, feeling momentarily confused.

After the teacher walks in, the class starts and Annalisa and I have to stop talking. But after class we realize we both have a spare period, so we go to the empty cafeteria to sit and talk.

Despite Annalisa being close with that group of boys, I find myself actually liking her. I’m surprised because I didn’t picture one of those guys with someone like her. When Charlotte told me about Julian’s girlfriend, I pictured him with someone more Kaitlyn-like.

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