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like a glove, just above my jeans, I leaned forward to inspect my face in the mirror. I wasn't anything great, long black hair, thin with a runner's build, and eyes that were bleak.
    "Samantha, honey, I worry about you. You're so beautiful and I know that other boys can tell."
    I looked back at her. "What are you talking about?"
    "Jeffrey." Her hand raised in a helpless motion. "I worry that you're wasting your high school years on him. He is clearly not good for you. Look at you; you're thin as a rail."
    My mouth twisted.
    "He obviously cheats on you. Even your friends have told me this."
    "You've talked to Jessica and Lydia?"
    "Of course, I have. They're your friends."
    "When?"
    "What?"
    "When did you talk to them?"
    "Oh, I don't know, maybe a month ago."
    As a breath of relief left me, I turned back to the mirror and did up my hair in some braid. Jessica taught me how to do it so I tried. It didn't look the same, but it'd do. It was swept up and some strands fell free. I knew Lydia would croon in approval. Then I toed on my sandals.
    "Where are you going, Samantha?"
    I'd been prepared to walk out and ignore whatever else she was going to say, hell, I would've enjoyed it, but her soft voice made me stop. I cursed inside as I turned. "I'm going to some party with Lydia and Jessica."
    "Oh."
    I wanted to roll my eyes. I wanted so badly. "Why?" I didn't.
    "I think Mason and Logan are going to a friend's get together. Maybe you could go with them? You can't keep ignoring them."
    Her idea of a 'get together' was their idea of a 200+ house party. I wasn't sure if my mom chose to be dense or if this came from the new relationship.
    "Sure, mom. I'll get right on that."
    She sighed, "Honey, at least try for me, please. It's important to me if you get along with them."
    I stopped what I was doing and watched her in the mirror. If I hadn't known her all my life, I would've wavered at the broken look on her face. It was like she'd lost her puppy. Then I cursed myself. I knew I was wavering anyway.
    "I'll see if Jess and Lydia know about any Public parties. I'm sure Mason and Logan will be there."
    She brightened and flashed me a smile before she picked up her tea again. "It means a lot to me, honey." Then she pressed a kiss to my forehead and sashayed out of my room with her skirt swinging around her hips.
    I'd been sucker punched by my own mother. She'd gotten me to fold.
    Then I looked in the mirror again and changed everything. The black was thrown to the side and instead I pulled on a pair of pink skintight pants with a flesh-colored sparkly top that molded to my body. I grinned as I turned and headed out. My mom would've had a heart attack if she'd seen the new outfit.
    Instead, I was content with Jessica and Lydia's reactions.
    Jessica frowned and twisted her shirt in her hands. Lydia's eyes popped out and her mouth kept opening and closing like a fish. Finally she remarked, "You look good, Sam."
    "Hot damn," one guy remarked as he and his friends moved past.
    Another one gave me a wolf whistle while a third asked if he could feel me up. The last one asked if I'd go to dinner, but I grinned until I felt a pair of hands snake around my waist. I was pulled back against a body and a pair of lips started on my neck. I heard the chuckle and relaxed, slightly.
    Jeff whispered in my ear, "Can we please go somewhere? You walked in that door and I got hard."
    "Sweet nothings. That's what I look forward to from you." I patted his cheek and walked away.
    He groaned behind, but followed. His hand curved around my waist and he pulled me close again. "Seriously, Sam. I've got an itch that I really want you to scratch."
    At that moment, a guy burst through the crowd and landed beside us, against the counter. He glanced over with glazed eyes, but threw his head back and started howling. Some guys' answered and Jeff's hand tightened on my arm. When it increased and became painful I started to say something, but the crowd parted at that moment.
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