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happen. Since it’s only the first day of school and you aren’t what we refer to as ‘troubled,’ you’re going to receive an alternative to suspension. You can go back to class as normal and finish out the rest of the day. Monday and Thursday of next week you will stay after school until five o’clock and go through anger management classes.”
    I’m so annoyed that I can barely speak. Anger management classes? I didn’t even touch her!
    “I don’t have an anger problem. I didn’t even touch her.”
    Mr. Morgan sighs. “Ashley, this is the best option that I can offer you. The alternative is two full days suspension, and somehow when I call your parents to explain the situation I think that this is going to sound a lot better to them than suspension on your first day back to school.”
    The threat of my parents brings me back to reality and I start to relent. The last year has been really tough on my mom with the divorce and everything, and the last thing I need to do is cause her anymore stress, or give her and my dad something else to fight about.
    I sigh. “I understand.”
    “All right then,” Mr. Morgan says, closing the file that’s on his desk and handing me the same yellow form I saw Melissa heading out of the office with before. “Why don’t you head back to class then.”

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    I don’t even make it halfway down the hall before Alexa flings her entire body on top of me and I almost fall over.
    “Hey!” I exclaim detangling her from me. “I’ve been pushed enough times for one day!”
    “What. The. Fuck. Happened?” Alexa’s practically jumping up and down in front of me. “The whole school is talking about you!”
    “They are?” I ask. Ha! Take that Melissa! The lie she told the principal must have traveled all over the school by now. Everyone is probably talking about how I was screaming in her face and she was so scared of me that she pushed me, begging me to not hit her! How’s that for karma?
    “Yes,” Alexa says. “The whole school! Everyone’s saying that Melissa like totally laid your ass out in gym in front of everyone!”
    “That Melissa laid my ass out?”
    “She said you totally went crazy with jealousy because her and Austin were sitting together and she had to like totally put you in your place. Now once again, what the FUCK happened?” Alexa’s talks so fast that I’m starting to get lost in her words.
    “Not that, not that even a little. And I am not obsessed with Austin. I could care less about the kid. He’s nothing to me. NOTHING!” I’m so filled with rage over this whole situation at this point that the words fly out of my mouth.
    It takes me about twenty seconds to realize something must be wrong, because Alexa’s just standing there with a blank expression on her face and not saying anything. Quiet is not something that Alexa does.
    “Well,” Alexa says, “I should go.” Then she sprints off down the hall, and when I turn around, confused, I see why.
    Austin’s standing about four feet from me.

Chapter 5
    The whole thirty seconds that it’s silent between us feels like the longest period of time in the history of the world. I hate being this close to him, my heart can’t handle being this close to him right now. The pain still stings too much.
    He speaks first. “I deserved that.”
    “Yeah,” I say simply. “You did.”
    “Look Ashley, about what happened last period, I don’t blame you. I know Melissa can be a little bossy sometimes…” he trails off and suddenly every single bone in my body feels hot.
    “Melissa? Are you honestly talking to me about Melissa right now?” How could he possibly think that what happened with Melissa was the most important thing on my mind right now? Melissa who? She doesn’t even matter, what I care about is why he was acting like we weren’t even friends anymore, how it was so easy for him to be such a jerk after spending almost the entire summer with me.
    Austin looks everywhere but at me