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steps, letting my fingers stop on a random book. It was a game I liked to play by myself. I opened my eyes a moment later and smiled when I had stopped on a mystery about a diamond thief. A favorite of mine. I pulled it from the shelf and sat in the corner. After stretching out my legs in front of me, I saw Rave standing a couple feet away from me.
    “Hi,” he murmured.
    “Hi yourself,” my heart thumped hard in my chest and my body relaxed at the sight of him.
    He sat down beside me and grabbed the book from my hand, looking it over. “Why aren’t you in class?”
    “I could ask you the same thing,” I countered, pulling my phone out of my bag.
    He smirked. “Touché. I hate Math so I said I needed to see the nurse.” He reached for my phone and scrolled through my playlist. “You have some really good songs on here.”
    My cheeks heated. “Thank you. You’re the first person to see it.”
    “Good thing there’s no embarrassing songs on here then.”
    I laughed and sighed. “I was asked to the Valentine’s Day dance by a friend.”
    A low sound erupted from Rave. Did he just growl? I shook my head and continued. “It…uh…weirded me out so I said I needed to see the nurse too.”
    “What friend?”
    “Jake Porter. It was odd. He asked me a couple of days ago if I was going and I said that I wasn’t sure. But today…”
    “He asked if you would go with him.”
    I nodded.
    “You should go.”
    I looked up at him and frowned. “I’m…I don’t want to go with him.” I want to go with you.
    “Do you want to go?”
    I shrugged. “I don’t know.”
    Rave didn’t say anything else about the dance and continued searching through the playlist. He didn’t mention how dark some of the songs were or how heavy and loud. He stopped on a song and hit play, putting an ear bud in his ear. He handed me the other one.
    I took it from him and did the same, closing my eyes. I leaned back against the wall, letting the slow beat of the music wash over me. Something warm and soft touched my hand.
    Rave’s finger rubbed against the side of my hand.
    My heart sped up. The attraction that bloomed between us was overwhelming and it took me off guard. I never had a boy show any interest in me at all, besides Jake.
    I pulled the bud from my ear and looked up. “Rave.”
    His jaw tightened but stared straight ahead. “You relax me, Jesse.”
    My heart gave a start at his quiet admission. “You…you relax me too.”
    His body relaxed beside me. “I like you.”
    My heart swelled and I opened my hand. “I like you too.”
    “What happened?” he asked a moment later.
    I looked down at our joined hands and saw the small band aid I had placed on my palm last night. “I…I fell in some glass.”
    He scoffed but didn’t ask any further questions and ran his thumb over the band aid.
    Did he know I lied?
    He placed our hands back on the floor in between us. A moment of silence passed over us.
    I didn’t know how or why but I knew at that point that this boy understood me. He was the first person at this school besides Jake to not tease me or make fun of me. Probably because he wasn’t from around here. But now Jake was acting weird. Was he jealous?
    I released Rave’s hand and grabbed my journal and a pencil from my bag.
    “You like to draw?”
    I jumped as his hot breath caressed my neck and turned to him. His mouth was mere inches from mine but he was looking down at my journal. Our eyes met and he smiled, looking back down at the book in my hand.
    I followed his gaze and cleared my throat, ignoring the flutter in my stomach. “Yeah, just tulips.”
    “They’re perfect.”
    My heart lifted at his compliment.
    “Hey, there you are.”
    I jumped at the sound of Jake’s voice. He was standing in front of us with a scowl on his face. Oh yeah, definitely jealous.
    “Hey.” I frowned at Jake’s cold stare. I pulled the ear bud from my ear and rose to my feet. I felt Rave come up behind me and I looked up at