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“How about we just swap tops? I’m not wearing those sweatpants around for the rest of the day.”

I’d call a fitted blazer a win.

Sophie started to unbutton her shirt.

RJ turned around. “I really am sorry, Scarlett. But now that I think of it, when I called Leo your kiss thief, he did give me kind of a weird look.”

“It’s not your fault. I should have told you there were two kiss thief strikes that night.” I’d thought homecoming was the best night of my life. Dancing under the fake stars with Jacob. I shook my head and quickly changed. Okay...this was not a good look. The sweatpants, button up shirt, and blazer looked so much worse than Sophie’s uniform skirt and a baggy sweater.

She pushed the arms up to somehow make it look even more chic. “Mmm. It smells like him.”

At least she was happy. I sniffed the air. I definitely still smelled like vinegar.

“I think you should at least ask Leo flat out,” RJ said. “We’ll come with you at lunch.”

I nodded. “Okay. But I really don’t think it’s him, guys.”

“It’s fine if it’s not,” Sophie said. “We can just start from the beginning.”

“The beginning?”

“Yeah, the whole football team.”

“No.”

“And this time we really have to include JV. That might be where we went wrong. It’s probably an underclassman.”

I could feel myself starting to sweat.

RJ reached out and pushed my wet hair to the side. “Is that a hickey?”

“What?” I reached up to touch the side of my neck.

Sophie fanned her face. “Oh my God, the kiss thief marked you. That is so hot.”

“No.” I ran over to the bathroom mirrors. Sure enough I had a huge red mark on the side of my neck. “What am I going to do? My dad is going to kill me if he sees this.”

“Here.” Sophie reached out and popped the collar of my shirt. “That...kind of covers it.”

Kind of wasn’t going to cut it. But what else could I do? I pushed my hair all to that side in hopes of helping.

RJ gave me two thumbs up. “Do I really not get to call you baby doll ever again? Because it’s really grown on me.”

“You can do it again tomorrow,” I said. “You’re on probation right now.”

He laughed. “Fair enough. I can’t wait to tell Liam about this. He is going to laugh so hard.”

***

Sophie had the biggest smile on her face all day because of Mr. Halifax’s sweater. Probably because the look on his face when we’d walked back into class was priceless.

I was really starting to think Sophie was right. The two of them were definitely going to live happily ever after.

Whereas I was a dirty slut who hooked up with multiple men in dark rooms. I was going to die alone with AIDS.

“Let’s do this,” Sophie said and started walking toward Leo.

I kind of thought we’d give it a second, but okay. I hurried after her.