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    Because you like him! Her mind screamed at her.
    There was no way on earth she could like somebody that way that soon.   Heck, she didn’t even know what it felt like to like anybody who wasn’t a family member.
    The ‘other’ kind of ‘like’ had never even entertained her thoughts.   Ever.

    Holly turned the corner, into the Hallway where they’d met the day before.   He wasn’t there, and she breathed a sigh of relief, but she also felt a twinge of disappointment that he wasn’t there.
    What the hell?
    She didn’t even know him!  
    Holly shook the feeling away and continued on her way to the homeroom.   The mass of students that she was trying to get through, suddenly parted, allowing her to freely walk and actually see where she was going.

    The last corner was when she felt the tingling in her arms. Her pulse rate increased and when she turned the corner, he was there.
    Hot-guy was standing near to her homeroom, leaning casually against the wall, talking to a group of guys.   She knew she had to get past him so she put her head down and moved her legs as fast as she could, without running, to get to the room without him noticing her.
    Holly glanced up as she got closer, just in time to see Stacey draping herself over his arm and into his side.
    She must be his girlfriend she thought as her face heated.  
    Of course he had a girlfriend!! But why Stacey?   She was a horrible cow.   He hadn’t seemed the type to have that kind of person in their life.   As Holly got closer, she heard Hot-guys’ voice.
    “Stacey, stop it.” He spat, but she didn’t hear anything else as she entered the room.

    Holly walked over to her desk and took her seat next to Dev.   They began chatting about their night when Stacey walked into the door, with the girl that had sat next to her the previous day.   ‘Cerise’ Dev had said her name was.
    Holly looked towards Stacey as she headed to her desk, and she looked annoyed.
    “Stacey is a huge flirt and she’s also very promiscuous” Dev whispered as she leant in towards Holly.
    “I just saw her, outside the room, draping herself over a guy.   I though she was his girlfriend at first, when I saw how she was looking at him, but he told her to ‘stop it’”   Holly explained.
    “Yeah, she does that to my brother all of the time and he hates it.   She’s been trying to get him to hook up with her for the past two years. She doesn’t seem to understand that though. He doesn’t like her at all, not one little bit.   He doesn’t like it when girls come on to him because of how he looks. It irritates the hell out of him. To be honest, he just wants to be left alone.” Dev said as she glanced back at Stacey.
    Stacey was glaring at her and Dev narrowed her eyes at Stacey before turning back to Holly.  
    “What a tramp” she muttered.

    After homeroom, Alex was sitting in History class with Ben.  
    Alex was pissed at Stacey.
    Her actions, at that moment, had cause him to miss out on talking to Holly.   He knew, now, that she had homeroom with Dev, and had waited outside the room after Dev had walked in, stalling, so he could see Holly and get a chance to have the conversation with her that he’d wanted the day before.
    He’d been preparing himself. The anticipation of seeing her, building.   He saw her turn the corner and start to walk towards him and the guys.   Her head was down, as if she were trying to hide, as she walked at a quick pace.

    Stacey had suddenly appeared, as she often did and draped herself over him, making him gag. He’d pulled her arms off of him and had told her to ‘stop it’ but Holly has been fast and had gotten into the room before he could say anything to her.
    “Man, what’s up with you today?” He heard Ben ask from beside him.  
    “Stacey pissed me off. Who the fuck does she think she is?”   Alex replied, eyebrows knitting together, his jaw tense and teeth gritting.
    “Nah, that’s not all it is”   said