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down in my seat and sighed. I hadn’t expected this when I sat down next to Drake. I glanced over at him and he was grinning at me again.

“Now what are you thinking?”

“Nothing really, just that you’re insane with the whole Logan thing.”

He leaned toward me again and whispered into my ear, his breath against my skin making me shiver, “You want to know how I know I’m right? Because when I look at you, I do it the exact same way.”

At his words, I felt tingling between my legs and my mouth dropped open in shock. This boy was a total flirt. I started giggling and rolled my eyes as he leaned back and grinned at me.

“You know, when I say stuff like that, I don’t expect the girl to laugh at me.”

“Drake you are such a flirt and you know it, but I hate to break it to you, it doesn’t work on me,” I lied with a straight face. I had known this guy all of two days and he got to me like no one else had. He started laughing again, and I felt the tingles between my legs reappear.

“You know what Chloe? I think you and I are going to end up being great friends.”

I couldn’t suppress my grin at his words, “I don’t know, guess we’ll have to wait and see.”

I somehow managed to survive the rest of the class with Drake giving me that smoldering stare of his. As soon as we were dismissed, I darted out of my seat to escape him but he quickly caught up to me, trying to make small talk as we made our way across campus to the cafeteria. As we walked in, I spotted Amber sitting off to the side waving at me like a mad woman to catch my attention.

I laughed and waved back to her before turning to Drake, “Well, Amber seems to be flagging me down, so I guess I’ll see you later.”

He glanced at Amber behind me and grinned, “What, you aren’t going to invite me to eat with you? I’m crushed.”

My stomach seized at the thought of having Amber and Drake at a table together. I had yet to tell her about last night, but I knew she’d still be going crazy over him. I looked him over from the corner of my eye and really couldn’t blame her, he was sex on legs. I glanced back at his face and he was standing there with a smirk on his face, waiting for my answer.

I sighed dramatically before motioning him to follow me, “I guess I can put up with you if I have to.”

We made our way to Amber and I saw her eyes widen and her mouth drop at the sight of him.

“Amber, Drake. Drake, Amber,” I threw my backpack into a seat and turned to Amber, “Now that introductions are over, I’m going to grab something to eat.”

I walked away without glancing back at either of them to get my food. Seeing as Drake was going to be eating with us, my appetite had all but disappeared so I grabbed just a soda and a bag of chips. After showing my I.D. and paying, I glanced over at our table and my stomach dropped at the sight of some bleach blonde bimbo standing next to Drake and rubbing his arm.

My temper instantly flared and it took every ounce of self-control I had not to walk over to her and rip her arm off. I made my way slowly back to the table, taking deep breaths and reminding myself I was not the crazy jealous girl I was acting like. I slid into my seat next to Amber, giving her the brightest fake smile I could muster, completely ignoring Drake and the bimbo. Amber raised her eyebrows but said nothing about our company as I asked her about her morning class. It was a pitiful attempt really, next I would be asking her about the weather.

Drake seemed oblivious to my attempts to ignore him and his company as he plowed right into the middle of our conversation while Blondie settled herself onto his lap. “So Amber, were you at the party with Chloe last night?”

I raised my eyebrows at the girl, but she simply smirked at me, assuming I was jealous. She was right of course, but I wasn’t about to let her know that. Amber cleared her throat and I glanced in her direction to catch her trying