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only trying to get back at you by already seeing someone new. I’m sure you’re much hotter than her new college guy anyway, with those sexy mus—”
    I quickly slapped a hand across my mouth, hoping Jacob didn’t hear what had accidentally slipped out. But as I slowly peered to my left, my eyes widened with horror once I saw Jacob’s grin. His lips were so widely spread apart I swore his face was going to split in two.
    “I knew you didn’t think my muscles were flabby,” he grinned.
    I punched him in the shoulder and was about to retort when we were abruptly interrupted by a huge commotion. Hannah Miller, Joyce Vinders, Monique Frost, and Alicia Wu—the group of girls who had decided to dub themselves Jacob’s Groupies since they basically worshipped the ground Jacob walked on—were charging in our direction. They were wailing his name so loudly that when I turned back, Jacob was already halfway down the hall.
    “I’ll talk to you later, Jenna,” he called over his shoulder.
    I knew why he wanted to leave. Every time those girls saw Jacob, they never missed the opportunity to run their hands along his chest, use their fingers to move them seductively up his arms, or even wrap both arms around his waist. But instead of making Jacob like them, their forward manner had frightened him to the point where he avoided them, whenever he could.
    Hearing the final bell ringing through the halls two hours later, I then quickly packed up my things from my locker and went to meet the rest of the gang. When I got nearer to the school parking lot, I was surprised to see Devon Johnson, a black-haired, brown-eyed guy, standing beside Jacob, staring intently at Nikki.
    Out of everyone Jacob had befriended when he first had transferred in, Devon was the only one we liked. Besides being somewhat shy, he has never been rude or arrogant to any of my friends, and would always greet us whenever we saw him in the hall.
    “Since we are short a player for the guys’ team, I hope you guys don’t mind that I asked Devon to join us,” said Jacob.
    “I’m sure none of the guys do since they need all the help they can get,” I said.
    “Very funny, Jen,” said Matt.
    “So who’s going with who?” asked Katie.
    “I’ll take Jenna with me and we’ll meet you guys there,” said Jacob.
    Before I could object, Jacob quickly grabbed onto my sleeve and started yanking me towards his black Nissan 350z .
    “You could’ve just asked you know,” I said wryly, as we hopped into the sports car.
    “Nah, this is more fun,” he chuckled. “Besides, we didn’t finish our talk today.”
    “It’s not my fault your fan club is so obsessed with you,” I teased.
    “So what exactly happened between you and Ethan?” asked Jacob, blatantly ignoring my amused grin. “I thought you guys were getting along.”
    “We were, but it started getting awkward for me,” I said. “At the beginning he seemed like a decent guy, but I quickly found out he wasn’t what I thought he was. I guess he only acted sweet just so I would go out with him. Once we started dating, I then realised we had nothing in common. We even ended up fighting over things that were so petty. Seriously, who do you know picks fights over something small, like how big a meatball should be? But then there is this one occurring thing that we’re always fighting over, and it’s finally gotten to the point where I can’t take it anymore.”
    “Does that one thing have anything to do with me?” asked Jacob.
    “He’s still jealous about my relationship with you,” I sighed. “He just can’t accept the idea that we’re good friends. You don’t know how many arguments I’ve had with him. It’s even gotten to the point where he’s now trying to control who I should and shouldn’t talk to.”
    “He must love you if he’s this insistent. What if he doesn’t let go?”
    “Would I go back with him?” I shuddered. “I don’t think so. There are too many other things we