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anger.
    With her hands on her hips, she turned to look at the crowd. She dropped her bag to the floor and stepped forward, facing them all with an expression that said she wasn’t about to tolerate this. “Okay, who’s the artist this time?” she asked, scanning the crowd of faces, not the least bit surprised that nobody answered. Her anger growing, she clenched her hands into fists on her hips. “What? You can tag my locker, but you don’t have the guts to show your face?”
    The crowd parted as the culprit stepped up with a big grin on her face.
    Lena , Meagan thought in anger. “I should’ve known.”
    “Oh, it wasn’t me,” Lena said with a snicker, pointing to a guy next to her. “It was him.”
    “Seth,” she grumbled under her breath. Of course it was Seth; he was the mastermind and everybody else was a minion. “You never could come forward on your own, always hiding behind a girl,” she said to Seth as she turned back to her locker.
    “Coward ! ”
    As the warning bell rang, the teenagers scurried to their classes.

    Meagan grumbled under her breath because she was running late yet again, and she still needed to file a report with the principal about the graffiti. There was no way in hell she was gonna let Seth get away with it this time. Grabbing her notebook, she turned, only to run straight into Seth’s chest. She backed away, right into her locker, sending her books raining down to the floor to scatter at her feet. Looking up at Seth, all she could see was his ominous grin. He was only inches away, and no one else was in sight. “What do you want?” she asked, trying to swallow the panic bubbling inside her.
    Seth leaned forward and placed a hand on each side of her, trapping her between his twitching biceps as he leaned against her locker and brought his face close to hers. “I want you to stop running your mouth about me. Haven’t you done enough damage?”
    “Haven’t you ?” Keeping her voice steady was proving to be impossible. If a teacher would just show up...or someone, anyone...Please! “I just want to move on with my life, but you and your little posse keep harassing me.”
    He brought one of his thick arms down, tapping a finger against her lips and sending a shudder of disgust down her spine. “I’d watch that pretty little mouth if I were you, Meg. Nobody likes a girl who talks too much.”
    “That’s funny,” Meagan shot back. “People seem to like you just fine.”
    Anger taking over his face, he slammed his fist into the locker right next to her head with a loud bang! Meagan jumped, and Seth laughed at her. “You of all people know I’m not a girl, Meg.” Raising his finger, he traced a line down her cheek, lowering his voice to a soft whisper. “I’ll never forget how soft your skin feels...”
    Another shiver skimmed down her spine, and she fought the urge to cry.
    Regaining his posture, he tossed her a sly grin and then walked down the hallway, leaving her to stare after him.
    She knelt to pick up her books, and that’s when she saw Kelly lingering on the other side of the hall, as if wondering whether to approach her or run.
    “I’ve always thought that guy was a jerk,” Kelly said as she came closer. “Are you okay?”
    Meagan nodded as she picked up her biology book, the last of them, and stood.
    “Yeah, I’m used to it.”
    “Is that your locker?” Kelly pointed to the graffiti behind Meagan.
    “Yeah,” Meagan said with a sigh. “They’re real jokers, that crowd.”
    “I thought they were your friends.”
    “Me too,” Meagan whispered. “Apparently, that all changes when you quit the cheerleading squad.”
    “I didn’t know you quit,” Kelly said. “Of course, I haven’t been to a game since...”
    Meagan figured Kelly hadn’t been to a game since the quarterback, Alex, had dumped her for Stacey Nelson, but she didn’t say anything about it.
    “So, look, I know it might’ve been kind of weird to run into me at that meeting