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you want to hang with.” Nick cocked his brow and thought of the answer.
    “And I’m thinking you’re gunning for the crowd that girl was in. The pretty one from the carnival,” Kevin leaned against the refrigerator and teased Nick. He knew too much now to let Nick out of it quietly.
    “I told you, I’m not interested. She was just nice.” Nick slammed the counter, annoyed that Kevin had brought her up again. He had to hear about Chloe all the way home. Just when he thought Kevin had finally dropped it, he started at it again.
    “Oh, my God, you two look adorable in your matching uniforms.” Mark put his hands to his face like their grandmother would do when he saw them. “Nicky in your blazer and Kevin in your vest? Oh, how sweet.” He laughed.
    Kevin hit him in the arm. “Dude, there was a time all three of us matched.”
    “Yeah, but you two just look so cute. Mommy, did you get lots of pictures?” Mark continued, pretending he was crying and hugged his mother.
    “Mark, leave them alone,” she scolded him. She had to put a stop to it now or it would get out of hand, as it often did. On the whole, her three oldest were pretty well behaved, but when they started with the tormenting, it could get ugly.
    Kevin gave Mark an annoyed look, then turned back to Nick. “So, if you’re not interested in that girl, why did you ask for her number?”
    “Wait, Mr. I’m Not Interested in Any Girls , asked for a girl’s number? This I’ve got to hear.” Mark looked at Nick now, intent on finding out how this rule of his was just broken.
    “She invited me to hang out at her house after school one day. I was going to call her about it.” They were both going to start on him now; he had to find a way out of it.
    “Sure, you were, little Bro. Keep telling yourself that.” Giving him the okay sign, Kevin leaned on the counter with a sarcastic grin.
    “So, is she cute?” Mark questioned Nick.
    “She’s okay,” he answered
    Kevin just laughed at him. “She’s pretty cute. Green eyes and strawberry-blond hair. I saw them walking down the hall together. What did she smell like, Nick?” He tried to set a trap.
    “I have no clue. I didn’t get close enough. Besides, there’s this jock who likes her, and even if I wanted to, there is no chance.” Nick knew by the way she talked that Josh was the guy she would end up with.
    “You mean Josh Tanner?   Mark, you should see this guy play. He’s pretty good,” Kevin informed him.
    Mark looked closely at Nick. “Do you think you have a shot with her? I mean maybe she isn’t into jocks?”
    “Whatever. There’s no way I’m going down that road again. I have learned my lesson with the way we move around. I’m not even going to try.” He was sick of hearing about this from those two. He wasn’t interested in Chloe. Yeah, she was really pretty, and she had a great smile. And she smelled really good. But he was done with all this stuff. The move had changed that in him.

     
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    Two days later, as Nick closed his locker, he spied Chloe walking up. She was carrying her books close to her chest with her hair was loose around her shoulders. She wore navy knee socks, along with her skirt, and it only showed so much of her legs.
    “I haven’t had the chance to talk to you the past few days,” Chloe said. “How are you making out?” She leaned on the locker and gave him that warm, inviting smile.
      He melted the minute he heard her voice, though he tried hard to hide it. “Do you know some girl named Robyn?” Nick asked. “She keeps putting notes in my locker.” He handed her the love note he just found.
    Chloe read it and laughed. “Robyn Carter. She’s in our homeroom and I think family living. She’s pretty harmless, although she has it pretty bad for you. Are you going to sit with us at lunch today?”
    “If you want me to,” Nick answered. Oh, of course she wanted you to, Dummy. She just asked you to. “I was