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"OKAY SO!" AMIRA SLAMMED her dorm door shut and turned dramatically, leaning her back against it. "I know you're probably wondering if I've gone crazy dragging from your free periods but, you're the only two I trust the most in this school," She rushed her words. Lydia and Yasmin paused and looked at each other like a sitcom then back at Amira.

She was nibbling on her fingernails and freaking out—still, about the kiss she and Cato shared. It was now Wednesday, a few days after the kiss and she'd been ignoring him—both of them and Carter weren't having it. He texted and called plenty of times along with Cato, but he gave up a long time ago. Now it was just—in Amira's words, his psycho brother who was bothering her. Carter had been used to how much his annoyed behavior irritated Amira, but she was never able to escape him because she hadn't put in the effort.

But now she was and he was going insane.

He never thought she'd act on it.

He'd been hurting his teammates at practice through anger and almost got benched if he didn't get his act together. He knew the only one who could fix that was the one woman who was for some reason ignoring him. Amira was happy neither of them came by her dorm but she knew it was only a matter of time. So she needed to get it off her chest. Yasmin and Lydia were the closes she had to friends here and she trusted them.

"You got wrapped up in some mafia shit didn't you?"

She looked at Yasmin like she was insane and shook her head while Lydia—who was munching on her half-eaten sandwich, rolled her eyes at how unrealistic Yasmin was. Lydia wasn't one to believe in fairytales—like things that happen in genres of books. Romance; for example, the fairytale everyone loved the most.

Although she didn't know Yasmin that well except for when they were with Amira, she picked up on the hopeless romantic in her—which she despised.

She sounded like a hater but she considered herself just a nonbeliever. Like Lydia, Yasmin didn't like much of her either but both girls kept their feelings quiet.

"What's up then?" Lydia asked like a normal person.

Amira bit harder on her fingernail before dropping her hand down to her side and balling it into a fist.

"Cato and I kissed," She blurted and Yasmin was the first one to react while Lydia was too busy licking mustard from her shirt. Yasmin hopped off the bed.

"Retract and rewind the motha-fuckin' tape! You and who, what, where, and why kissed?" Amira bit her lip and paced the room only for Yasmin to grab her shoulders to keep her straight, still, and focused.

"Talk ma'am!"

"It happened Saturday. We were in his room because he was showing me something and he looked at me like I was the last fucking meal and kissed me! I didn't know what to do or think! I kinda kissed back only because it felt kinda...nice? But then Carter came in and I dipped hella quick and been ignoring them ever since!" She took a deep breath, some weight lifting.

Yasmin's smile dimmed.

"You're ignoring him? But Cato's the sweet one!"