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actually was—he was sensitive enough to keep his hands to himself through the entire movie!
    He resumed typing. “Let me know if he misbehaves!”
    I headed up the stairs to change.
    “Oh, look who’s home!” a voice called down to me.
    Jake was at the top of the stairs. I pushed past him. “What are you doing here?”
    “Hangin’ out with Sullivan,” he uttered, stopping at my bedroom door. “I went by the rink today. Saw Lilly. She said you had a date, I was shocked.” He laughed. Jake’s still cute—dark-haired and blue-eyed—but a total joke compared to the Greek god I’d just met.
    “Yup,” I boasted.
    He grew serious. “Do I know him?”
    I shook my head. “No. But he looks, acts, and smells better than you!” He deserved a taste of his own medicine, dumping me for a pea-brained cheerleader. “How’s Jenna?”
    “She’s great! And how are you?”
    I beamed. “I’m awesome. Now… ”
    “Glad you were finally able to get over me.”
    I sneered. How conceited! “Like there’s anything to get over…” I threw myself on my bed and opened the book I was currently on, Life of Pi .
    “Still a bookworm, huh?” He’s such a nuisance.
    “Would you rather I spend my free time sleeping with the football team?” That one, of course, was aimed at his new girlfriend.
    He crossed his arms and leaned against the frame of my door. “Look, that’s not why I broke up with you.”
    “And I’m the President of the United States of America!”
    He rolled his eyes.
    He’s got to know he’s an awful liar! And wasn’t he supposed to be playing video games with that pest Sullivan? I started reading, wishing him away like a fly. If only I could swat him!
    After a lengthy moment, he sighed and said, “I really did love you.”
    “ Did ? You know, you were so pushy you were downright hounding me. And I finally snapped because you deserved it! ” I shook my head. “Did you ever think maybe I don’t like you that much?”
    His expression was blank.
    “And why are you hanging out with a little seventh grader, anyway? You’re always around!”
    “I’m only here to help him beat some levels.”
    “ Every day? ”
    “There are just lots of levels.”
    Dad suddenly appeared beside him. “Is there a problem here?” He stared into the side of Jake’s face.
    I rubbed my forehead. Dad never stayed out of anything long enough for us to settle it. “No, Dad, there isn’t. Jake was just leaving. Weren’t you, Jake?”
    Jake cleared his throat, not looking at my dad. “I’m leaving soon, Mr. Morrison.”
    “If you need anything, Adonia, I’ll be in my office.” He looked at Jake again. “That’s right down the hall, you know.” Dad left after a quick wink back at me. I turned my attention back to my too-horny-to-be-with-me ex-boyfriend.
    “Look,” Jake mumbled. “I just wanted to say hi .”
    “So did you get what you dumped me for?”
    He looked annoyed. “Good night, Adonia.”
    I felt a sting of guilt and glanced his way. “ Bye ,” I muttered, looking into my book again, too upset to read. What made it worse, he still stood there and stared at me for like five minutes, like he did when we used to argue. I tried to look past him, but his eyes gripped me.
    His eyes are crap compared to Luke’s.
    Then my cell phone rang. Luke to the rescue, thank God! Speaking of which…
    “Hi, Luke!”
    Jake sighed heavily, turned and stomped back into Sullivan’s room. I got up and shut my door for privacy.
    “Hey, how’s it going?” he said. “I wanted to give you my number.”
    “Great,” I said, copying it from the caller ID to the cover of my journal.
    “So you got home okay?”
    “Yeah.”
    “It gets cold up here, huh?”
    I giggled. “It’ll get colder.”
    “Ouch! Yeah, things are pretty dry at my house this evening. Everyone hit the sack early.” After a brief silence, he cleared his throat. “You’re quiet tonight.”
    “Well you just called, give me time!” I said with a