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.You’re not turning in your V-card tonight.”“Why not?” Brittany pouted.“Because you’re not going to remember it tomorrow and you’ll most probably regret it in the morning.If you’re going to do this – which I recommend by the way – then you should be sober.” What I didn’t add is that she should also be prepared.I doubted Brittany was the type of girl to carry condoms around, and Brady looked too goofy to have anything but an expired one in his wallet.Brittany looked like she was going to argue.Instead, the liquor seemed to be getting the better of her and she crawled into her bunk.“Tell Braden I’ll call him tomorrow,” she murmured into her pillow.“I will.” I had a few things I was going to add to that message – but she didn’t need to know that.I walked back out into the common room, pulling the bedroom door shut behind me as I did.“Brittany won’t be coming out to play tonight.”Braden looked nonplussed.“Why not?”“I put her to bed.”“Maybe if you just let me see her.“ Braden obviously wanted to dip his wick.I could tell he was trying to decide how much of an obstacle to that I would be.He had no idea.“You’re not going to see her.You’re going to leave here.You’re going to forget she ever called you.Oh, and you’re going to think long and hard about what a piece of shit you are.”“Excuse me,” Braden took a menacing step into the room.I strode across the floor and stood toe-to-toe with him.His persona had gone from goofy to dangerous pretty quickly, I noted.I had no intention of backing down, though.I needed to bitch at someone – and he was as good a person as anybody.“Who do you think you are?” Braden growled.“I’m your worst nightmare,” I responded.“I’m the person that knows what kind of person you are.The type that would take advantage of a drunk girl and never talk to her again.I’m also the type of person that can hold her liquor so you can’t bamboozle me.”I stepped sideways at that point and opened the door wider as I gestured for Braden to leave.“Now, Braden, you are going to leave.”“What if I don’t?” The question seemed like he asked it with a dose of courage, but I could tell he was a coward.“Well, if you don’t, then I’ll start you on fire and we’ll just go from there.”Braden met my gaze evenly – I’ll give him props for that – but he must not have liked what he saw there.He quickly slipped out the door and hurried down the hall.If I was a better person, I’d put $100 on the fact that he looked back to make sure I wasn’t following him at some point.I didn’t look, though.Mark was shaking with silent laughter when I turned back around.“What?”“You’re just one scary bitch.”“And don’t you forget it,” I grumbled as I threw myself back in the chair and tuned back in to a galaxy far, far away.FifteenThe next morning was a rough one for all of us.I wasn’t technically hung over – but I was still pissed at Brittany’s antics.While Brittany was in taking the longest shower known to man, I filled Paris and Tara in on what had happened after they went to bed.To my surprise, Paris found the situation hilarious.“I’m sorry, but that is just so.so Brittany,” she sputtered.“What did the guy do when you threatened to start him on fire?” Tara seemed concerned.“What do you think he did? He left.”“But you weren’t really going to start him on fire were you?”“Probably not.It depends on how obnoxious he got.”After breakfast, Paris said she wanted to go back to the library.Since I didn’t want to hang around with a complaining Brittany, I agreed.She hadn’t brought up the Braden situation from the night before, but I was just betting she was waiting for me to leave the bedroom before she called him to apologize for my misbehavior.As we headed towards the library, Paris seemed to be in a chatty mood.“Do you think Brittany was drugged at the party?”Since we’d been fighting the day before, we really hadn’t discussed the situation.“I don’t know, but I don’t think she drank enough to be that out of it.”“Have you talked to Will?”“No.”“Are you going to?”“I don’t know.”“Do you think he knew she was drugged?”That was a good question.All my years with Will would lead me to believe he wasn’t capable of that.He was different at college, though.I had to admit that.Was he that different, though?“I don’t think he knew she was drugged,” I finally said.“I can’t believe he’d condone that.”Paris nodded quietly [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]