"I still don"t get why they were such asses," I moan to Mona. Ha. Moan to Mona. Best not tell her that amuses me, she"ll probably get too self-conscious about it. "It"s because they like you," she points out, dodging out of the way of another student coming barrelling towards us with no care for anyone"s well being. "They can"t like me." "I thought we already established that Cade does. He even told you as much." I sigh. She has me there. He did tell me. But Bradley too? That makes no sense. "And Bradley"s your childhood sweetheart. Maybe some of those feelings are still there." She heaves her bag onto her shoulder, the weight of too many library books, making it hard to carry. I wish she"d let me at least spell her bag so it didn"t feel that way, but she insists that if she can"t do

