back to him and glare.
“Well, you owe me a lot of things—so we’ll just call us even. Though
we’re not. We’ll never be even … or friends.”
He winces, then nods slightly,
running a hand over his face, like he’s resigned to accepting that. “Okay
Brandy,” he murmurs softly. “Whatever you want.”
What I want??? I want him to have
not slept with my mom.
CHAPTER 36
Monday even before first period,
there is a huge buzz going around school. Blake Andrews has been arrested.
Apparently he was secretly running a website that featured people from our
school having sex at parties. He secretly recorded them without them knowing,
as he would set up a webcam in bedrooms and have them going before the party
started.
The website was shut down
immediately, but apparently tons of people from our school were on it.
Phoenix stops me in the hallway,
“Brandy, can I talk to you for a second?”
He leads me out of the student
traffic, off so we can be alone and not overheard. He looks all sympathetic,
and like he’s finding it hard to say what has to tell me.
It makes my stomach knot. “Phoenix,
what is it?”
He grimaces. “You were on that
website.”
I gape at him, then let out a
breath of relief. He’s wrong.
With a relieved smile, I shake my
head. “I couldn’t be. Trust me, it must have been someone else that looked like
me or something. Phoenix, I haven’t had sex yet.”
He nods, his eyes looking pained.
“I know—anyone, that saw the website knows.”
Oh my gosh! That party!—the
party where I threw myself at Garrett and apparently begged him for
sex—it got video taped????
Anger and embarrassment and
complete humiliation crash through me all at the same time. But there is only
one of those emotions I can do anything about, and she’s walking right this
way.
“Phoenix, I have to go.”
I dart after Mallory and whip her
around to face me. I yell into her stunned face, “You sent me into that room!”
Apparently, she knows exactly what
I’m talking about, since she doesn’t ask for clarification.
She reddens. “Yeah, but I didn’t
know Blake was doing that—recording or whatever. Come on, I wouldn’t do
that to you, Brandy. I just heard it was a good room for hooking up.” She
huffs, “Look, I was doing you a favor.”
“By getting me drunk and sending a guy up to take advantage of me?”
She huffs, looking defensive. “No!
It wasn’t a “guy” it was Garrett, who you were all giddy about. And you’d just
been dumped by your gay boyfriend. I wanted you to loosen up and have some fun
for once. And it was Garrett , ‘The
Giver.’ You were guaranteed to have fun.”
I storm away from her. “Never talk
to me again!” I shout.
“Brandy!” she calls after me all
impatient-like.
Like I’m being childish.
I hate her so much!!
CHAPTER 37
During first period I get a text
from Garrett, “Brandy, I didn’t know about the website.”
I read it and want to chuck my
phone across the room. And chuck my desk along with it. “Yeah, right. Whatever. He’s one
of your best friends. And I hear you were in thousands of episodes.”
“Brandy, I swear I didn’t know.”
“Never talk to me again.”
CHAPTER 38
When I got home from school I took
a super long bubble bath, trying to chill.
But it was hard. Like impossible.
I felt so betrayed.
By everyone.
Everyone sucks.
CHAPTER 39
As I’m getting ready for bed, I get
a text from April. “Turn on the local news—Blake is making a statement.”
I quickly click on the
television—and whoa! There’s Blake. He says into the camera, “I wanted to
make a statement here, on television—so a certain girl can hear it. There
has been speculation that my friend knew about the website, or even helped with
it. He didn’t. He didn’t know a thing about it. I’m only confessing this
because he’s my best friend. And he loves a girl—
“Well, you owe me a lot of things—so we’ll just call us even. Though
we’re not. We’ll never be even … or friends.”
He winces, then nods slightly,
running a hand over his face, like he’s resigned to accepting that. “Okay
Brandy,” he murmurs softly. “Whatever you want.”
What I want??? I want him to have
not slept with my mom.
CHAPTER 36
Monday even before first period,
there is a huge buzz going around school. Blake Andrews has been arrested.
Apparently he was secretly running a website that featured people from our
school having sex at parties. He secretly recorded them without them knowing,
as he would set up a webcam in bedrooms and have them going before the party
started.
The website was shut down
immediately, but apparently tons of people from our school were on it.
Phoenix stops me in the hallway,
“Brandy, can I talk to you for a second?”
He leads me out of the student
traffic, off so we can be alone and not overheard. He looks all sympathetic,
and like he’s finding it hard to say what has to tell me.
It makes my stomach knot. “Phoenix,
what is it?”
He grimaces. “You were on that
website.”
I gape at him, then let out a
breath of relief. He’s wrong.
With a relieved smile, I shake my
head. “I couldn’t be. Trust me, it must have been someone else that looked like
me or something. Phoenix, I haven’t had sex yet.”
He nods, his eyes looking pained.
“I know—anyone, that saw the website knows.”
Oh my gosh! That party!—the
party where I threw myself at Garrett and apparently begged him for
sex—it got video taped????
Anger and embarrassment and
complete humiliation crash through me all at the same time. But there is only
one of those emotions I can do anything about, and she’s walking right this
way.
“Phoenix, I have to go.”
I dart after Mallory and whip her
around to face me. I yell into her stunned face, “You sent me into that room!”
Apparently, she knows exactly what
I’m talking about, since she doesn’t ask for clarification.
She reddens. “Yeah, but I didn’t
know Blake was doing that—recording or whatever. Come on, I wouldn’t do
that to you, Brandy. I just heard it was a good room for hooking up.” She
huffs, “Look, I was doing you a favor.”
“By getting me drunk and sending a guy up to take advantage of me?”
She huffs, looking defensive. “No!
It wasn’t a “guy” it was Garrett, who you were all giddy about. And you’d just
been dumped by your gay boyfriend. I wanted you to loosen up and have some fun
for once. And it was Garrett , ‘The
Giver.’ You were guaranteed to have fun.”
I storm away from her. “Never talk
to me again!” I shout.
“Brandy!” she calls after me all
impatient-like.
Like I’m being childish.
I hate her so much!!
CHAPTER 37
During first period I get a text
from Garrett, “Brandy, I didn’t know about the website.”
I read it and want to chuck my
phone across the room. And chuck my desk along with it. “Yeah, right. Whatever. He’s one
of your best friends. And I hear you were in thousands of episodes.”
“Brandy, I swear I didn’t know.”
“Never talk to me again.”
CHAPTER 38
When I got home from school I took
a super long bubble bath, trying to chill.
But it was hard. Like impossible.
I felt so betrayed.
By everyone.
Everyone sucks.
CHAPTER 39
As I’m getting ready for bed, I get
a text from April. “Turn on the local news—Blake is making a statement.”
I quickly click on the
television—and whoa! There’s Blake. He says into the camera, “I wanted to
make a statement here, on television—so a certain girl can hear it. There
has been speculation that my friend knew about the website, or even helped with
it. He didn’t. He didn’t know a thing about it. I’m only confessing this
because he’s my best friend. And he loves a girl—
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