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What I wasn’t expecting was Derek’s reaction. I had thought he would flip, get angry, and question why I decided to go to a party but he didn’t. He stared at me for a minute before nodding. “That’s okay, you don’t have to ask for my permission about that,” He shrugged his shoulder. I kept on staring at him. I had a strange heavy feeling in my stomach. Why am I disappointed about his response?“You can come with me if you want to,” I asked him.He pointed to himself and laughed. “You must be joking,”
“I’m serious,” he raised an eyebrow and shook his head.“I should attend a party organized by a group of kids who wants to appear cool to their fellow student. That’s ridiculous, Shortcake,” He snorted.
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LILY’S POV “What the hell happened on Friday night?” Scarlet yelled into my ear as soon as I dropped from the car on Monday morning. Caster had dropped me at school that morning because I told Scarlet not to pick me up. I didn’t want her to get late since I got up too late as well. “Nothing you should concern yourself with,” I replied. “Good morning, Scarlet,”She narrowed her eyes at me. “What’s good with the morning, Lily? Don’t you even try to change the subject,” “It’s just a harmless good morning, why? Can’t I be that formal with you anymore?”“Fuck the formality, Lily,” Her profanities reminded me of someone and I felt strange tingling between my legs. My whole body tenses up at the thought of me even though he hadn’t given me a second glance since what happened between us on Friday. “Your brother, cousin, niece, or whatever Derek Miller is to you beat up a boy at our first party. At the first party,
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LILY’S POV“Derek, what are you doing here?” I asked as soon as I spotted him walking into the office. He grabbed hold of my hand and walked me outside the office.“The fact that I get to learn about this from a total stranger is annoying and embarrassing, don’t add more fuel to a burning fire, Shortcake. Stay here,”Derek walked back into the office and closed the door shut behind him. I looked around me to see Scarlet cowering in a corner, hiding beside Brandon. Why am I seeing Brandon everywhere around me?“Scarlet! What did you do?” I yelled as I walked toward them. Brandon quickly blocked me before I could get to her. “Back off, big guy,” I spat.“You need to calm down, Genius. I was actually the one who advised to let Derek know. If you want to go crazy on someone, that should be me,” Brandon explained.
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DEREK’S POV “What is going on exactly, Lily? Talk to me,” MY heart crushed at the sight of her crumbling to her feet in front of me. I bent to her level, my knee against the wall as I held her arm. She looked away from me, holding on tightly to the shirt that she was holding.“Shortcake!” I called as she struggled for me to let go of her arm.“Don’t call me that,” She spat. Lily stood up, and dropped the shirt into the bag she was packing her clothes into. She sighed loudly and walked into the bathroom.“You realize if you don’t tell me what went wrong, there’s no way I can know, right?” She didn’t bother to look back at me. Instead of locking the bathroom door as I’d thought, she walked up to the sink and opened the water.“Let’s get a divorce, Derek,” She said.“On what b
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