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Katie.
    My brain abruptly decided now was the time to attack its bony prison again. Katie's face blurred and an incredible musky aroma tickled my nose. Steaming incredible musky aroma tickled my nose. Steaming sensuality lingered at the edge of my senses, teasing me, beckoning me to take it and make it mine. A part of me reached for it. But a searing flash of agony ripped me back to reality. I winced and gritted my teeth but Katie didn't seem to notice.
    "…I thought it was something realy special. He told me he loved me. I just don't understand, Justin. I realy need a guy's perspective on this. What do you think I should do?"
    The headache vanished, leaving me in a slightly euphoric state as endorphins flooded my system. The blurry shape in my view sharpened into Katie's face. She was looking at me, probably waiting for a response to Brad's outrageous behavior.
    "Probably dump him," I managed to croak.
    "Why can't I find a nice guy?"
    I'm right here! I wanted to scream. Outwardly, I plastered a concerned look on my face. "I've heard some bad things about Rebecca. I wouldn't doubt it if they slept together." Katie sobbed even harder. It made me feel a lot better.
    "I can't believe he would do this," she said between gasps.

    I couldn't believe she was taking this so hard.
    Hadn't they just started dating? Was she realy that head-over-heels in love with the guy? And then it hit me. And my mouth spit out what my brain was thinking without me meaning or wanting to say it aloud. "You slept with him."
    Her eyes widened. Her face blanched. "Is it that obvious?" She blew noisily into a tissue. "Please, you can't tel anyone."
    I couldn't believe she hadn't just denied it. "I won't."
    A single tear trickled down her wet cheek. "I can't believe I let him be my first. We had so much fun together.
    And now I feel horrible." Sobs wracked her body.
    I put an arm around her shoulders. At some point I might have fantasized about this moment, about squeezing Katie's hot body to mine, but the magic turned to ashes, leaving a bitter taste in my mouth and an ache in my heart.
    So much for true love. So much for riding off into the sunset. Katie had wrecked her virginity against the uncaring shores of Brad Nichols.
    I wanted to kil him.
    When she finaly calmed down—which took a while
    —she hugged me back. "I feel so bad for unloading al of this on you, Justin. You're such a great guy. I wish there were more like you out there."

    "You want more overweight nerds in the world?"
    She laughed. "See, nothing bothers you. I know we've known each other a long time but I guess we've never gotten to know each other."
    A dul throb pulsed in my forehead. Great. Al I needed was another headache. Katie's face blended into an indistinct blur as the pain increased. This cranial assault wasn't as sudden as the others. It crept from my forehead to the back of my brain and slithered down my spine, al ice, fire, and needles. I sensed that strange presence again. It was Katie, but at the same time it wasn't Katie. It ached to be free. It begged me to grab it by the hair and drag it into the closest cave.
    Katie gasped. Our lips met. She pressed herself to me wilingly and al thoughts of the world faded into bliss.
    And then a bomb went off in my skul.
    I wrenched away from her and the ghostly presence slipped from my grasp. The pain flashed away as quickly as it had come. I stared at Katie. She stared at me. I didn't know what to say about the last few seconds. We'd kissed, right? It hadn't been a dream? Maybe these migraines were making me halucinate. I didn't know what to think anymore.
    Katie's huge green eyes focused on me. "Justin, that Katie's huge green eyes focused on me. "Justin, that was…unexpected."
    So we had kissed. "Al part of my master plan for world domination." Where in the world did that come from?
    She smiled. "I can't figure you out. You're brave—
    I mean just look what you did to Nathan. And now you've made me feel so much better