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I was furious.

“Excuse me? I have not thrown myself at you, you jerk!”

I picked up my bag and stormed past him, hearing him laugh as I walked away, his delicious scent enveloping the surrounding air.

“HeyRaven, where’s the gym?” he called after me.

I turned to face him, trying to ignore the butterflies fluttering through my stomach like a tornado.

“Down there,” I pointed with my finger, before adding through gritted teeth, “and it’sGretchen.”

He wasn’t paying attention as he spun on his heel, and turned the corner without a word.

Why did I even respond to Raven?!

I groaned, trying to avoid the way my heart was racing.

By lunch, I was drained. I slumped into my seat beside Rosie, whilst Ethan and Sienna watched me unwrap my turkey sandwich with interest.

“What?” I frowned as they exchanged a strange look Sienna then cleared her throat, nodding over to the corner of the cafeteria.

“Looks like someone isn’t happy,” Sienna said, my eyes following her gaze to where Krystal was having a heated conversation with Luke. She was showing her phone to him and he had his hands up as he seemed to say he was sorry.

As she left Luke grabbed her arm and went after her. I swallowed down my sandwich, before dusting my hands off on my skirt. I followed them as Rosie called out after me.

“G? You want me to come with you?”

“No, babes, I’m cool. Back in a minute,” I said, sending her a grateful smile.

I pushed the cafeteria doors open to find Krystal and Luke beside the lockers.

“Is everything okay?” I asked, tilting my head in Luke’s direction.

What is going on here?

My gut told me something was off about this.

Krystal rolled her heavily made-up eyes in my direction, annoying me further.

“Off toMommy,baby boy,” she said in a sing-song voice, before she stormed through the double doors.

Luke turned to face me; his blue eyes clouded with annoyance. He smiled, reaching out for my hand.

“Hey baby, sorry about that.”

He looks super cute today, but that isn’t the point.

“She isn’t happy that she didn’t get captain of the cheerleading team. She seemed to think I could do something about it,” Luke explained, tugging me closer to him.

Luke was the captain of the football team and therefore the cheerleaders seemed to believe he was theirs to order about and make demands of.

I leaned forward, pulling him towards me to kiss him. He slid his arms around me as our kiss deepened, his tongue exploring my mouth as I ran my fingers down his back. I pulled away, kissing him again as he groaned.

“Babe, you’re divine. Shall we skip the rest of school and go somewhere a little more discreet?”

He winked at me suggestively as I swatted his arm.

“Are you free on Saturday? Another family meal, I’m afraid. Only this time they invited you.”