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After, Alex and I finished catching up I went to find Jeff. I found him with his nose in a text book and smiled gently.
"Hey, nerd." I laughed as I sat down next to him. He chuckled. "Hey." He said and put his eyes back on his text book. "I gotta get to class but I just wanted to see if we were still on for after school?" I asked him putting a hand on his shoulder when I stood up. He gave me a warm smile and nodded. "Of course. See ya then." He said.
I walked off to math class. The worst class of the day. "Brooke! Wait up!" I heard the famous voice that belonged to Zach Dempsey. I walked slower waiting for him to catch up. "How are you?" I asked him. "Well, trying to be the best I can be." He shrugged. I nodded. "Me too." I said. I couldn't be in the best mood though.
"You didn't tell anyone about the tapes right?" Zach asked. I shook my head. "No, that's stupid to do." I lied. I told Jeff about what I did. But, I trusted him. Which was something that I never did.
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I was sitting in the dairy shack at a table eating my bowl of ice cream. I heard the bell on the door ring signaling that someone walked in. I saw Jeff and I grinned. I don't know why but I was always so happy to see him. He was always so positive to be around.
"So sorry that I'm late!" He apologized. "5 minutes." I shrugged. "Not that late." I told him. He smiled softly and went to go get his ice cream.
We spent the time talking about school, family life, and then something popped up that I wish would have stayed off to the side. I didn't want to talk about this but I probably should explain.
"So, Clay did exactly tell me what everyone else on the tapes did. Can you tell me?" Jeff asked. I sighed gently and nodded hesitantly.
I told him about how it all started with Justin and ended with Mr. Porter. I told him what everyone did and I explained more about what I did. "I think Mr. Porter was the worst." Jeff admitted. I raised an eyebrow. "Really?" I licked my lips and then took a spoonful of my superman dyed vanilla ice cream. Jeff nodded.
"How so?" I asked.
"Because, out of all the reasons why.. he was the only one who got the chance to know what Hannah was feeling. But, he told Hannah to move on from being raped and she basically told him that she was going to kill herself and he didn't do anything to stop it." Jeff said. I looked down.
"I wish that I could have stopped her." I whispered.
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q: do you ship Brooke with anyone other than Jeff?
