“Tomi is my Boyfriend now.” "Oh. Yes. Whoa, wait, yes?" Cassidy's face cycled through shock, confusion, anger, then neutrality, and finally a fake smile, all in the same breath. "When did that happen?""It happened recently. Like, very recently.""Oh, wow. I never saw that coming." I could hear the hurt underneath her voice. "Anyway, I'm happy for you, Lucia. I'm happy you found love, and that you're with someone you like, and who probably likes you too.""Well, he does like me. Thats why he asked me to be his girlfriend."Ooh, go girl, Laurel said within me."Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure he does." I could see her struggling to accept it, but still trying to keep the mask on. "I'm happy my friend is dating the hot hockey superstar. Like, hey, I'm the friend of the girl who's dating the hot guy on the hockey team."I laughed at that, even though I hadn't actually said yes to Tomi yet. But I had to tell Cassidy we were together, because if I didn't, she'd still hold onto hope. She'd still thi
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