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I mean, it wasn’t as if I’d expected Peyton to come racing to me in the school hall in front of everyone and throw herself at my feet in everlasting gratitude just because I’d stood up to Carmen Morales for her. She’d never bulldoze her way into being the center of attention like that.
But when I glanced through the horde of people gathering around me to find her locker, ready for her to smile or give me a head bob of recognition, or even shoot me a knowing smirk to tell me how much she’d warned me what a bully Carmen could be, I was left shocked to see her leaving instead.
Honestly. Where did she think she was going?
I’d just stood up to one of the most popular people in school. For her. And now she was simply going to blow me off?
Around me, everyone else wanted to discu
