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haven’t you answered
my zillions of text messages or phone calls?” Jane yanked my covers
off me, forcing me to talk to her.
    “ Because there were
zillions of them,” I said and grudgingly sat up.
    “ Ugh,” Jane groaned. She
sat down next to me in a terrific huff. “There wouldn’t have been
so many if you just answered me.”
    “ Sorry.”
    “ Well?” Jane looked at
me.
    Her expression had softened, so she’d
apparently forgiven me, which was pretty amazing. Jane’s one
Cardinal Sin was ignoring her, and I had managed to for almost two
days.
    “ What?” I didn’t really
know what she was trying to get at. Was I supposed to thank her or
something?
    “ Have you
talked to him ?”
she asked, and I rolled my eyes.
    “ Him who?” Milo visibly
puffed up at the mention of a guy, preparing himself to defend my
honor.
    Milo was the kid at school that got shoved
into lockers, and he was younger than me. I don’t know who exactly
he could protect me from, but it would be a pretty sorry excuse for
a guy.
    “ Jack!” Jane answered him
like it should be completely obvious. When she realized that Milo
had no idea who she was talking about, her mouth fell open. “Oh my
god, Alice! You didn’t tell him about Jack?”
    “ I have not, no,” I shook
my head. In fact, I hadn’t planned to tell Milo about Jack until I
had things sorted out better, but thanks to Jane, that would no
longer be an option.
    “ How could you not tell
him?” This fact just flabbergasted her. She couldn’t grasp a world
where one didn’t incessantly talk about Jack.
    “ I don’t know, Jane,” I
sighed. “It just didn’t come up.”
    To be honest, her instant obsession with
Jack was the first thing about him that truly made me nervous. If
he had this affect on her, what was he doing to other people? And
why wasn’t I the same way?
    “ Wait,” Milo said as it
dawned on him, and I would’ve cut off my leg to keep him from
completing his thought. “Is Jack the guy you went out with last
night?”
    “ You went out with him?”
Jane gasped.
    “ We just went to a concert.
It was no big deal.” I kept my tone casual and nonchalant, but I
heard her sharp intake of breath.
    “ Who is this guy?” Milo
demanded. Jane’s reaction made him nervous, and he did his best to
look as threatening as he could.
    “ Jack is just like the most
amazing guy ever,” Jane said eloquently.
    “ He’s just a guy,” I
continued with my ultra-casual voice, and even added a shoulder
shrug for good measure.
    “ How can you even say
that?” Jane asked. In her mind, he’d been stacked up with the gods
and should only be gushed about in revered tones normally reserved
for shoes and hand bags.
    “ You know what, I just
don’t get it.” I turned to her. “What is it about him that you like
so much?”
    “ You’ve got to be
kidding.”
    “ I’m not.”
    “ But you’ve met him!” Jane
insisted.
    “ I know that. I still don’t
get it. You’re crazy about him. You’ve got to be able to articulate
what it is that you’re attracted to.”
    “ He’s just…” Jane fumbled
for words. He’d been the only thing on her mind, so why couldn’t
she explain him? “It’s like… There’s just something about him. It’s
completely indescribable. I just want him. More than I’ve ever
wanted anything.”
    “ Huh.” That was all I could
think to say.
    “ You’re telling me that you
don’t want him?” Jane asked me in total disbelief.
    “ No, I don’t,” I said
honestly.
    I liked Jack in a really weird way, but not
like Jane. It was much simpler and less carnal. Or at least that’s
what I gathered from the way she talked and acted.
    “ Did he say anything about
me?” Jane returned to the only topic that truly mattered to her –
herself.
    “ Nope.” I stood up and
started going through my dresser drawers for clothes. The whole
conversation had run its course with me, and I was moving on to
take a shower and start my day.
    “ Not a