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Jenna wasn't sure how to tell Jade and the others.

In art class, they surrounded her, faces smiling and friendly, and her heart sank in her chest. She wanted to cry.

"What's wrong?" Jade asked.

When Jenna said nothing, letting her sad face do the talking, Jade nodded sadly and looked away.

"Yeah, I thought this would happen," she said.

"You know... you don't have to listen to Kai," Damien said.

"If I don't, he's going to take it out on Jacob," Jenna revealed. She was surprised when Damien shrugged.

"So let him," he said.

"I can't let a guy get beaten up because of me," she said. That was the truth. It wasn't because she couldn't get his face out of her mind or even because she was constantly having fantasies about being his girlfriend.

'Nothing like that at all,' she lied to herself.

"You might regret that when you get to know what he's like," Damien warned. "But it's your life, Jenna."

With that, they left her alone.

Sighing heavily, Jenna looked around the room. Charlene was ther