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Kristen.
    "Yeah. Go ahead and get the movie ready and I'll be right
in."
    She looked disappointed with me, but she didn't argue.
    As soon as she was gone, Chris flashed me his charming smile
and tried to hug me. I pushed him off.
    "Your smile isn't going to get you out of this," I
said. "Start talking."
    "What's there to talk about? Nothing happened."
    "Well, I wouldn't say that. I mean, those pictures
pretty clearly showed you hanging out with Gabriela at Club Blue. You know I
hate her."
    "Yeah," said Chris, rubbing his forehead. "I
was too drunk to realize it was her. I just thought it was some random girl
coming to hang out with us. If I had realized it was her, obviously I never
would have done it."
    "Done it? Done what, Chris?" What the fuck did
he do?
    "Hung out with her."
    "That's it?"
    "Yeah. Like I said, nothing happened."
    "Then why'd she have her top off?"
    "I don't know. She just randomly took her shirt
off."
    "Lucky you. Did she randomly have sex with you too?
    "What? No!" Chris threw his arms up in
exasperation.
    "You know, I'm pretty sure she fucked three guys
yesterday, so she probably gave you AIDS. I hope you enjoyed getting sloppy
fourths."
    "What are you talking about, Alina? How many times do I
have to tell you that nothing happened?"
    "If nothing happened, why'd you seem so guilty when I
confronted you after my game?"
    "How'd I seem guilty? You didn't even give me a chance
to talk."
     
    "You got really upset and asked me where I got the
photos. If nothing happened, you would have just laughed it off."
    Chris shook his head, but he didn't say anything.
    "Well?"
    "I got upset because I didn't even remember hanging out
with her. I thought someone had photoshopped that picture to try to mess with
me or something."
    "If you can't remember anything, then how do you know
that nothing happened?"
    "I didn't remember it this morning. But seeing the
picture made it all come back. I clearly remember leaving with Bill and Adam
and going back to the swim team house. You can even ask them. They'll tell
you."
    I took a deep breath and tried to process everything he'd
said. It seemed like he was telling the truth.
    "By the way, where'd those photos come from?" he
asked.
    "Someone put them on my seat during the first game of
the match. That's why I played like shit after that and made us lose."
    Chris snapped his fingers. "Oh my God. Gabriela set me up."
    "What?"
    "She must have seen we were together when we were up on
stage. And then when you left, she saw a great opportunity to take some topless
selfies with me that she knew would get under your skin. Boom. I'm innocent. I
was set up!"
    "That conniving little bitch. I can't believe I let her
play me like that."
    Chris smiled. "So are we good?"
    "I do believe you that nothing happened, but I'm still
upset that you were hanging out with her topless."
    "What should I have done? Just got up and left?"
    "Uh, yes. That's exactly what you should have done. How
would you feel if I was out with my friends and some guy started swinging his
dick around? And then what if I grabbed my camera and started snapping some
selfies of me looking super happy next to a big naked penis?"
    "That's different..."
    "Not really."
    "Okay, fine. I should have left. I'm sorry."
    It really took him this long to apologize? Wow.
    "So are we cool now?" he asked.
    "Do you promise that nothing else happened?"
    "Yes."
    "Okay." I wanted to believe him. I really did. But
he just seemed like he was hiding something. There was only one way to find out
for sure. "Can I see your phone?"
    "Why?"
    "So I can see if you took any other pictures."
    "Uh, I think I left my phone at home." He had a
worried look on his face.
    I reached out and felt his pocket where he always kept his
phone. It was there.
    "Okay, okay. Fine. She might have kissed me once."
    "What?!" You lying asshole!
    "It was just a peck. Nothing, really. I pushed her off
right away."
    "Are you sure that's all?"
    "Yes."
    "Next are you going to tell me that