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to want
to be in on it,” Brian observed.
    “What the
hell?” I mumbled, my eyebrows furrowed so deeply that they were
hooding my eyes. “Have you seen Trina?” I asked, still looking for
her.
    “I don’t know
man. I think Ben was trying to make a play for her. You know he’s
got a thing for her.”
    “What? Fuck!” I
spat out, embarking on a huge search for her. Eventually, I found
her sitting on a silver bench with Ben. They were really close, and
he was touching her face. It felt as though the bottom of my
stomach fell out as I watched him lean forward and kiss her. It
wasn’t one of those frantic kisses like the one Cassie gave me –
thank god, had I witnessed that, I might have punched Ben in the
face.
    By the time I
reached them, they had their foreheads pressed together and were
grinning stupidly at each other. They didn’t even see me
coming.
    Feeling this
surge of protectiveness inside me, all I could see was the need to
get Trina out of there. I wasn’t going to let any of those guys
touch her. Not one of them was deserving. I reached out and grabbed
her arm, pulling her up from the seat and surprising both of
them.
    “We’re
leaving,” was all I said as I dragged her away from him.
    “David!” she
squealed.
    “What the fuck
man?!” Ben called after us, jumping up to follow as I stormed
across the main quad with Katrina in tow.
    “Just fuck off
alright,” I said to him, pausing momentarily, before continuing to
head toward the front of the school.
    “She’s not your
property Dave," he called after us, before adding, "I’ll call you
tomorrow Trina,” before turning back toward the building.
    “What the hell
are you doing?” she yelled at me, yanking her arm free.
    “I’m getting
you out of there. You don’t know how those guys talk Trina! I don’t
want you involved with them.”
    “He wasn’t
doing anything wrong! I wanted him to kiss me, and you ruined it.
You ruined my first kiss David. I hope you’re proud of
yourself.”
    Hearing her say
that made me stop dead in my tracks, I spun around to face her and
grabbed her face in my hands, staring straight into her eyes. “I
was your first kiss Trina. Me. Not some guy you hooked up with at a
dance.”
    “That wasn’t a
real kiss.”
    Instantly, I
released her and started to walk to the front gate. It was as if
she’d slapped me.
    “Besides, he’s
not just some guy David. I’ve liked him for a while.”
    “Why didn’t you
say something?” I asked flatly, leaning against the cool metal of
the fence.
    She shrugged.
“I don’t know, the same reason we don’t talk about the girls you
hook up with at parties. We keep our friendship separate from all
that dating crap, at least I thought that’s what we did anyway…”
she said, trailing off as she pulled her phone out of her pocket
and pressed the button to light up the screen.
    “Listen Trina,
there’s something I want to talk to you about. There’s a rumour
that’s – What? What is it?” I asked, immediately concerned when she
looked up from her phone, her mouth wide open and her brows
furrowed deeply.
    “You are such a
hypocrite!” she yelled, pushing against my chest and holding her
phone in front of my face. I could see the message on the screen
telling her that I’d slept with Cassie.
    “It’s not true!
She lied!”
    “She lied? Are
you serious? Why would a girl lie about something like that?
Everyone would start calling her a slut.”
    “I don’t know
Trina, but I’d expect you, out of all people to believe me. I
promise you, on every moment we’ve ever spent together. It's not
true. I kissed her. She wanted more, and I said no.”
    “Whether it’s
true or not David, you’re still a hypocrite. Why can you go off
kissing girls, but I can’t have one kiss with a boy I actually
like? Stay here and wait for dad if you like, but I’m going back
inside. Maybe Ben hasn’t been completely scared off.”
    “Trina, please
don’t.”
    “I’m allowed