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Game of Hearts 048
Jenna Brooks’s POV“Yes, Jenna?" Mrs. Andrés finally acknowledged me when she noticed my raised hand."The seat belongs to Olivia. We can't just let a random stranger have it," I explained.Stig gasped dramatically, "Oh my God, Jenna. You're being racist.""What? I'm not! What does that have to do with this?""That's exactly what you're doing, Jenna," he retorted, raising his hand with a clenched fist in a protest-like manner. "It's the twenty-first century, Jenna. People don't think that way anymore. Say no to racism!"The class joined in, chanting, "No to racism!"I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows and drop my jaw in surprise. He had turned my simple statement into a protest?"Quiet!" Mrs. Andrés yelled, successfully calming the class. "Take the seat next to Jenna."Stig walked over to the chair beside me, and I glared at him as he did. If looks could kill, he would be six feet under from the intensity of my glare. I already hated him.*** Second semester came with sel
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Conrad Declan’s POV “Mom, I love Jenna and I want to be with her," I said. Mom stared at me in surprise, glancing at Jenna and then back at me."What's going on?" Mom finally asked.Jenna kept her head down, so I spoke up for myself."I've liked Jenna for a while now, Mom," I said calmly."How long?""Since we were kids, I don't know. I tried to suppress my feelings for her, but I can't anymore."Mom turned to Jenna. "Did you know about this?""Yes, Auntie Laurel," Jenna replied.Mom took a step closer to Jenna and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Do his feelings for you make you feel uncomfortable?""Nope," Jenna replied, but I knew she was lying."Then I have no say in this. You're both old enough to address your feelings, and I support whatever decision you make," Mom said, smiling and clutching her bag tightly. "I have to get back to the office now."Mom hugged Jenna and rushed down the hallway, leaving just Jenna and me standing there. As Jenna tried to walk into her room,
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Jenna Brooks’s POV“Oh my God, Jenna, you look amazing!" Conrad exclaimed as he approached me."What are you doing here?" I asked calmly, trying not to sound evasive."Are you that surprised to see me here?" he asked with a smirk."Not really.""Exactly. The real question is, what are YOU doing here, Jenna?" he asked, taking a step closer to me as I took two steps back."I...came with a friend," I replied, not wanting to get Jeanette in trouble."You have no friends, Jenna. I know you came with Jeanette.""I...""It's cool, I'm not going to tell on you guys," Conrad replied, and I breathed a sigh of relief.There was nothing more to say to him. I turned and walked towards a chair by the bonfire in the middle of the lawn."It's really chilly, don't you think?" Conrad asked as he sat next to me. I watched as he took off his denim jacket and handed it to me. "You should wear this."I couldn't refuse; I was too cold to think. I slipped into the jacket and murmured a "Thanks."We sat i
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Jenna Brooks’s POV“What the hell happened last night?" Jeanette exclaimed, her hand still covering her mouth.A familiar knot formed in my stomach. How could I not remember kissing Conrad? And why didn't he mention it to me? I clenched my fists and hurried down the hallway to my classroom.It felt like I was a magnet, drawing everyone's attention. As soon as I entered the classroom, all eyes turned towards me. Some glared at me with hatred, while others whispered in surprise, too afraid to show their true feelings.Conrad was nowhere to be found. As I turned to leave the class, I collided with Liam. Fuck, I completely forgot about him. When our eyes met, a wave of guilt washed over me, and I couldn't hold his gaze. Liam took my hand and led me out of the class, down the hall, and into the quiet auditorium.He released my hand and waited for an explanation."That video doesn't mean anything, Liam. I was drunk," I started, watching him grab a plastic chair and slowly sit down. "Are
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Jenna Brooks’s POVI stormed out of the auditorium and down the hallway, ignoring the constant stares. I was determined to find Conrad and put an end to this."Do you know where Conrad is?" I asked Bethany, the class president, as I entered the classroom. Neither Conrad nor Liam were present.Bethany rolled her eyes at me. "You're his girlfriend, you should know where he is," she replied before walking away.As if being disliked by everyone wasn't enough, this whole Conrad situation was only going to make things worse. Stepping out of the classroom, I bumped into a girl, she was definitely a junior. Her gaze met mine and she shuddered under my stare.“I’m so sorry, Jenna. I shouldn’t have done it.” She said, almost in tears.I was taken aback, “It’s fine. It’s my fault.”The girl held my hand and I could see guilt in her deep blue eyes, “It’s not about that, Jenna. I did something bad. The video, I made the video.” she confessed.I cocked my eyebrows, I wasn’t sure I heard right becaus
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Conrad Declan’s POV“Because you’re Conrad! All you ever do is lie to me!”Jenna’s words kept replaying in my head as I sat alone in the cafeteria. I was angry that she saw me as nothing but a liar. How could she accuse me of uploading that video? I had no idea someone was in that room when we kissed. Her words hurt me and it made me realize how low she thought of me. How could she be so sure that I did it?As I stared down at my tuna casserole, Toralei joined me at my table. She was smiling as usual, it’s funny how she thought she could win me over with that smile.“Hey, Conrad,” she said.I got forced a smile, “Hey.”She started with the flirty hair tucks before she spoke, “Do you know how we, when we were still together, made plans to run for prom king and queen?”“Yes, but we aren’t together anymore,” I replied bluntly. My mood was already ruined and talking about going to prom with my ex, wasn’t going to help my situation.“Let’s run for prom king and queen…as friends.” She final
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Jenna Brooks’s POV“Who’s this handsome cutie?” Jeanette exclaimed as she raised her head to stare at Stig. He ignored her and crouched to his knees, “I’ll be your date to prom,” Stig said again, this time with more certainty in his tone.I furrowed my eyebrows at him, why would he want to help me? All we’ve done since he arrived at this school was argue, he didn’t like me and I didn’t like him so why was he doing this?“Why?”“Because, I’ll probably not be able to find a date. I’m a dork.” He said and sat down next to me.“What do you mean?” Jeanette asked, cocking her eyebrows.“It's kind of embarrassing, but in my high school back home, there's all these super good-looking,super popular, tall guys, you know? I'm not one of them.” Stig said.Jeanette mouth was wide open and it was as if she was trying ti process what Stig just said. “I'm sorry, what you're telling me is that in your home country, this, all this...This is ugly?”“Oh, yeah, of course.” He replied.“No, that can'
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Jenna Brooks’s POV“The first step in becoming a queen is acting like a queen!” Jeanette exclaimed as she stumped her foot on the ground twice.It was recess and Stig, Jeanette and I were in the auditorium. She had called Stig and me earlier to give us lessons on how to be ‘royal.’ I felt like she was taking this whole prom thing more seriously than I did. Stig and I were seated on plastic chairs while she stood in front of us and demonstrated with a specter in her hand. “Okay, seriously, what’s the specter for?!” I asked.“Don’t ruin this moment for me, Jenna.” Jeanette walked to the center of the room and then, her expression suddenly grew serious. “My point is, if you wanna win prom king and queen, you'd have to be willing to go all the way. I don't think you're willing. Think you're ready to go all the way?” she said, her tone going down a little between creepy and fun.“I don't know what you're talking about.”“Then you just answered your question.”“Fine!”Jeanette let out a
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