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at one of the houses
right off campus with a few guys. You should stop by sometime to check it out,
but let me warn you, the place is never clean. Did you still want to get
together to hang out?”
    Before I could respond, Callie
piped in, slightly nudging me out of the way. “Actually, the three of us are
going out tonight if you wanted to join us. We’re going over to the pub around
nine.”
    “That sounds awesome,” he replied
with a bright smile before tapping me on the nose. “Hopefully, we can catch up
some more then. I bet I can still beat your ass at pool.”
    “Oh, please,” I snorted. “I used to
let you win so you wouldn’t run off pouting to your mom like a little baby because
a girl beat you.”
    “Right,” he dragged out before
standing and looping his arms through his backpack. “We’ll see about that. I’ll
see you ladies tonight.”
    Zoey and Callie stared at me in
wonder and didn’t start grilling me until he was out of ear shot. “What.The.Hell?”
Zoey crossed her arms tightly over her chest, raising one brow at me. “What?” I
asked in confusion.
    “Please explain how exactly you
know Nash Griffin. You seemed a little too chummy for just meeting today and he made plans with you. Nash doesn’t talk to any girl besides that bitch of a
girlfriend of his, Mariah. So spill it.”
    “Nash and I grew up together during
the summers,” I explained. “We lost touch when I moved to Connecticut, but we
saw each other a few days ago when I got back into town. He’s basically the
best friend I’ve ever had.”
    “Uh-oh, looks like Mariah finally
has some competition then,” Callie commented. “He couldn’t keep his eyes off of
you the whole time, and he seemed pretty damn excited to meet up with you
tonight. I wonder if he’ll tell her where he’s going tonight,” she added in a
sing song voice.
    “Oh, no. Trust me, I’m not looking
at getting in between their relationship. Nash and I are strictly friends. What’s
the problem with Mariah? Nash was always such a nice guy, I can’t imagine him
being with some ice queen like you seem to be implying.”
    “Well, I just don’t like her
because Zoey doesn’t. You know friends need to stick together and all that
shit. Zoey here can explain exactly why Mariah is her arch nemesis,” Callie let
out a little giggle but was cut short when Zoey gave her an evil glare.
    “Mariah made every single year of
high school miserable for me. So yeah, I think I have a pretty good reason for
hating her. Mariah and I used to be best friends from practically the time that
we were born. Our moms were best friends and had us within months of each
other. Then it all started to change when we hit high school. Suddenly, guys
were paying attention to her, and we started to hang out less.
    “Then one guy in particular that
she was dating started flirting with me when I was around. When she found his
lips on mine, which, let me just point out, I wanted no part of and was totally
trying to get him off of me, she went postal. Of course, he told her I attacked
him and she believed him. She spread rumors all over school that I had forced
myself on him and that it wasn’t the first time because I just wanted what she
had. Every one believed poor Mariah since she was always the more popular one,
and I sort of stayed behind her shadow.
    “The rumors have grown over the
years, apparently I’ve slept with almost all of Allen County, and I’m STD
infested. I also have three secret babies at home that I keep hidden from the
public eye; it’s a tough life.  So basically no one talked to me during high
school. It’s changed a bit since coming here, even though a lot of people from
my school came here.”
    “That must have been tough,” I
reached out to pat her hand, wishing I could take away the pain that flashed
through her eyes. I had never been on the receiving end of rumors like that; I
guess that’s one thing I could thank my mother for. But I did know how it