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“Of course. A thousand times, yes.”
    Nash
    I grabbed her hand and we intertwined our fingers. We headed straight through the school’s doors and tried not to look at anybody.
    I could see out of the corner of my eye people glancing at us and whispering to their friends. When I would look at them, they would quickly turn away or they would give Violet and me dirty looks.
    â€œEverybody’s looking at us,” Violet said.
    I could tell she was getting nervous because she grabbed my hand tighter. “Just ignore them.” We headed straight to our lockers and stopped to glance at everybody around us. I saw Annabelle emerge from the crowd and walk toward us.
    â€œHey, guys. I want to apologize for Friday night. I never wanted to cause an issue between you guys. I just thought, well, I thought you already knew.” No matter how much I disliked Annabelle, she was still a good person. Just because she and I had so many issues didn’t mean she would take it out on Violet. She was a kind and forgiving person, and that was why I used to like her.
    â€œIt’s okay, Annabelle. We worked everything out,” Violet said. She smiled over at me and I grabbed her by the waist. Annabelle smiled at us when she saw my hand around Violet. “That’s good. I’m really happy for you guys.” She walked back down the hall and headed into a classroom.
    Violet
    Nash walked me to my first-period class, which was Geometry. He said good-bye and gave me a quick, tight hug. I wanted him to come back and stay by my side. Everything felt complete when he was with me.
    I sat down next to Annabelle, who was talking to a girl named Angelina. I had never talked to her and all I knew about her was that she was a cheerleader. Annabelle turned to me and smiled, looking at my face.
    â€œSo, what happened to you?” She was examining my bruises and I winced when she touched my face.
    â€œLet’s just say some guys at this school can get a little too rough when they are drunk.” I saw Annabelle and Angelina’s faces go into shock.
    â€œOne of the guys at our school did that to you?” Angelina shouted. The rest of the kids in the classroom turned around and stared at us. I looked down and I could feel their eyes burning straight through me.
    â€œYep,” I said quietly, and pulled out my books. Luckily, the teacher came in before anybody else could say anything. When the teacher turned her back to us, Annabelle leaned over to me. “Nash didn’t do this to you, did he?”
    I looked at her with wide eyes. “Of course not. He was actually the one who helped me.”
    â€œI hear whispering back there.” The teacher turned her head toward us and gave us one of those not-so-friendly looks. I quickly looked back down at my books and she continued on with her lesson.
    The rest of the morning couldn’t end quickly enough. Annabelle stayed by my side the entire time because we had a bunch of classes together.
    I heard people talking about me and Nash, and they were staring at me when I walked down the halls. Rumors were spreading that after the party, Nash and I got in a fight, like an actual fight, about the whole Vine thing. Then, later in the day, a rumor spread that Ryder hit Nash and saved me from him. This was really hurting me. I knew Ryder was starting these rumors to upset Nash and me. Hadn’t people seen me and him this morning?
    I sat with Hayden at lunch like every other day. I had no friends in my lunch period and he was the only one I knew. He told me that some of his friends wanted him to sit with them, but he said that he would rather be with his sister. I thought he was so sweet. We had a very close relationship and I could tell him anything.
    Hayden and I were talking about track when a bunch of guys jumped into the seats next to us. They must have been Hayden’s friends because they started talking to him.
    â€œGuys, you know I wanted to sit