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my head, as I realized a second before I almost whacked the column. My feet miss-stepped and I stumbled on the frayed carpet.
    I knew I wasn’t extremely graceful but around him I was down right klutzy. Afraid to meet his eyes again I kept my head straight. “Thanks,” I muttered under my breath, trying to hide me mortification.
    “Is this going to be a habit? Me saving you?” There was a chuckle to his words.
    I just rolled my eyes. Besides, relief huddled over me now that he was back in teasing form. His serious flattery wasn’t something I could handle.
    We walked into Mr. Burke’s class side-by-side. The majority of the class was already seated and all eyes were on us. Gavin left my side and walked up to where Mr. Burke sat at the front of the class. He handed Mr. Burke a pink slip as I made my over to my table. He looked to me and smirked. A murmur of chatter zigzagged down the rows of desks. It wasn’t enough that I caused a spectacle yesterday, now I had some new mysterious gorgeous guy flirting with me. Sinking further into my chair, I scowled at him.
    By the time lunch rolled around I was in the need of some serious girl time – Austin included. There hadn’t been any time to spill my guts. I knew that both of them were concerned about me and were brimming to interrogate. Like what the hell was I thinking or was I crazy? Last night I turned my phone off, bent on shutting myself from the world.
    Winding through the cafeteria, the smells of milk cartons, fries and all things greasy swarm the room. I spotted Tori at our table with Austin.
    “Hey,” I greeted throwing my bag over the back and took a seat.
    I had no more than sat down when the chair in front of me pulled out and was filled by none other than the dark and mysterious – Gavin.
    My heart thumped at the sight of him. “What are you doing?” Having him suddenly appear every time I turned was grating on my frazzled emotions. There was no downtime to calm the effect he enticed.
    At his arrival Austin and Tori both froze mid-bite to my dismay and gawked. There hadn’t been time to fill in the events of the current soap opera I was living. My planned to spill my guts at lunch was now nixed.
    “Keeping you company,” he responded, meeting my glare with a mischievous grin. He held my eyes longer than comfortable but I couldn’t look away. Finally he turned to Austin and Tori. “Hey, I’m Gavin,” he introduced, dazzling them with a smile. Austin still had his mouth agape, looking star-struck. Tori thankfully had the decency to smile in return, instead of looking like a goon.
    “Sorry,” I mumbled. Why did he make me forget myself? “Austin, Tori this is Gavin. We meet ummm –” I stumbled to find a reasonably explanation without sounding like a dork. “Yesterday in the parking lot,” I managed. The admission caused a faint blush to crawl on my cheeks as I remembered our meeting – so much for not sounding like a dork.
    Tori’s inquisitive gaze burned at my side. I shifted fretfully in my seat. No doubt there would be a lot to answer for when the two got me alone. Gavin was not the kind of guy you forgot to tell your best friends about. If I wasn’t careful around him, something told me there was good possibility I would get hurt.
    Gavin’s husky voice broke me out of my thoughts. “It was sort of a hit and run.” His twinkling eyes meet mine, as an uneasy cough escaped my mouth. As bad as the joke was, it felt wicked sharing in something only the two of us understood. I found it impossible to be irritated with him. But it didn’t last long.
    The moment was ruined by none other than Rianne. She strolled by, trailing a finger on the table and angled at Gavin. “Hey hotie.” She all but purred her words. “Sure you don’t want to join me?” she invited, batting her fake lashes. If I had to guess, I thought just about everything about her was fake. Her obvious flirtations made me want to gag. Lucky for her I hadn’t eaten