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friends. I probably shouldn’t have been surprised. Mom always told us not to judge people by their appearances, but Cassie claimed she could spot a nerd at fifty paces. And as much as I liked him, I had to admit that Liam was, well, not particularly un-nerdy, if you know what I mean. And now that I thought about it, Megan and Lavender hadn’t really seemed like the kind of girls who hung out with people like him.
    I looked up as three boys rushed in, talking and laughing loudly. They were all probably twice Liam’s size, but besides their broad shoulders and long legs, they didn’t look much alike. One boy was super pale, with light-blond hair and blue eyes. The second had olive skin and wavy brown hair, and the third had even darker skin and super-close-buzzed hair.
    They jostled and shoved one another playfully as they made their way to the back of the room. Another boy had stalked in just ahead of them. “Watch it, Jock Breath,” he said with a scowl as the blond kid bumped into him. The kid who’d spoken was short and beefy, with greasy brown hair and jeans tucked into his cowboy boots.
    The jocks ignored him completely, and the kid’s scowl grew even darker. He stomped to a desk near the windows and slammed his books onto it.
    â€œThat’s Gabe,” Bianca said quietly. “He’s got an attitude about the B Boys.” She grimaced. “And everything else, too, pretty much.”
    â€œThe B Boys?” My gaze shifted back to the three jocks who were taking their seats in the back row.
    â€œThat’s what everybody calls them,” Liam said. “Their names are Buzz, Biff, and Brent.” He ticked off each name on one skinny finger. “Plus Brayden, of course, but he’s not in this homeroom. But they’re all on the football team together.”
    â€œYeah,” Bianca said. “Gabe tried out for the team, but he got cut.”
    Liam nodded. “Everyone was pretty surprised since his uncle was the star of the team back in his day.”
    â€œRight,” Bianca said. “And nobody was more surprised than Gabe.” The corners of her mouth twitched, though it didn’t quite turn into a smile. “Ever since, Gabe’s really had it in for the guys who made it—not that they seem to notice or care.”
    â€œSo football is a big deal here, huh?” I said, my mind drifting to the games and pep rallies at my old school, which had always been super fun.
    This time Bianca’s mouth twitched all the way into a wry half smile. “What do you think? This is Texas.” She turned to Liam. “So how were Megan and Lav? I’m surprised you survived a wholeafternoon with them.”
    â€œAre those two really that bad?” I asked, trying to sound casual.
    â€œMegan’s okay, mostly,” Liam said. “She’s probably the most popular girl in the sixth grade. Her family practically founded this town back in the Alamo days.” He hesitated. “And Lavender is, um—”
    â€œHere,” Bianca interrupted, nodding toward the door.
    Looking over, I saw Lavender walking in with a couple of other girls. She saw me, too.
    â€œHow’d you get here so fast, freak?” she said loudly, glaring at me.
    For a second I didn’t understand what she meant. It had been like a day and a half since I’d seen her at the fund-raising stand.
    â€œDidn’t you hear me?” she said when I didn’t answer, her voice getting even louder. “I said, how’d you get here before me? I came straight from the stairs, and you were standing there like a doofus when I left.”
    Wait. Oh. Right.
    â€œUh, that was probably my sister,” I said.
    â€œYeah,” Liam piped up. “They’re identical twins! We’ve never had twins in our class before.”
    â€œTwins?” one of the other girls said in surprise.
    â€œTwins,” Lavender said, like it was some kind of