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talking about?” I ask. And then I remember looking at Lexi and mouthing to her about Luke not asking me to the dance yet. Jared was sitting right next to her, and he must have thought I was talking to him. “Oh, that,” I say. “I was trying to talk to Lexi.”
    “Devi, it’s okay,” he says. We’re outside the girls’ bathroom now, and so I stop. He puts his hand on my shoulder. “Just because you’re dating Luke and I’m going out with Lexi doesn’t mean that I just expect you to lose all your feelings for me just like that.” He snaps his fingers, I guess to symbolize how quickly he doesn’t expect me to lose my feelings for him, and then he pats my shoulder in a “it’s okay that you like me and I’m not interested” kind of way.
    Oh, geez. I cannot believe this. Jared Bentley thinks I still like him. I try to figure out what to say without being mean. “Well,” I say slowly. “While it is true that I used like you, uh, now I like Luke. Luke is my boyfriend.” He looks at me blankly. “I’m going out with LUKE.” I say the last part real slow.
    “So you don’t like me?” Jared tries. A look of wonder crosses his face, like he can’t really fathom the ideathat any girl might not like him. I can’t really blame him. Most girls do.
    “Not anymore.”
    “Oh, good,” he says. His face breaks out into a relieved grin. Well. He doesn’t have to look so happy about it. Would it be the end of the world if I liked him? He squeezes my shoulder. “Well, I guess I’ll see you in mock trial.”
    “You’re in mock trial?” I ask, surprised. He doesn’t seem like the type.
    “Lexi made me join,” he says gloomily.
    “Oh, right.” I convinced Lexi to join during seventh period. Apparently it took all of eighth and ninth for Lexi to recruit Jared as well. How is this fair? While I’m wandering around, trying to figure out why Luke is passing notes with some other girl, Lexi is choosing her boyfriend’s extracurricular activities.
    Jared continues down the hall, and I duck into the bathroom. I pull my lip gloss out of my purse and regloss my lips. My lip gloss is called, “SHOW HIM YOU CAN.” That sounds highly inappropriate. Although maybe the person who came up with it meant “Show him you can forget about Barelli and kick butt at mock trial.”
    I run a brush through my hair, and then reach intomy purse and pull out my bronzer, which I brush onto my cheeks, leaving myself glowy and bronze. I smile at myself in the mirror. From the stalls, the sound of feet shuffling comes, and then a voice.
    “He
is
really cute,” the voice says, and I freeze. It’s Kim Cavalli, aka Bailey Barelli’s new BFF, aka my archenemy. Kim’s pretty much the most popular girl in school (although Lexi’s close to taking over that title), and Lexi actually liked her when she first got to our school. But then Kim stole this guy Lexi used to like away from her (Matt Connors), and then told everyone that I lied about dating Jared. Kim actually used to like Luke, too. The whole thing is very scandalous.
    “He is sooo cute,” another voice says, and I realize it’s Barelli. Bailey Barelli and Kim Cavalli are having a personal, private conversation, and I’m eavesdropping. I slide my lip gloss slowly back into my purse and curse myself for wearing shoes that make so much noise. “I just wish he didn’t have to be so smart,” Bailey continues, giggling. “I mean, come on, mock trial? Now I have to give up my whole afternoon just to reenact trials that aren’t even real.”
    “I know,” Kim sighs. “Lame. That’s one of the reasons my crush on him only lasted about five minutes.”
    “I really have a feeling we’re going to be getting back together soon,” Bailey says.
    “Totally,” Kim agrees. “Come on,
Devon Delaney
?”
    They both giggle, like it’s the craziest thing they’ve ever head, and then the sound of a toilet flushing fills the room. I run out before they can figure out that I’ve