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Sierra shoved Redhead away from her. “I’m not doing this. Not…” Sierra shook her head profusely. “Just drop it, okay?”

“I know someone who will make out with you!” Juniper shouted before shoving Ellie toward the group.

Ellie’s immediate reaction was to say that she absolutely would not make out with a girl so the guys’ team could get off to it, but that all changed when Sierra’s eyes flashed to hers and were filled with rage.Seriously, could this girl get any more homophobic?

Ellie shrugged and smiled at the redhead. “I’m down if you are.”

The redhead smirked at her, but before either of them could make a move, a loud sound of something banging on the counter stole their attention. Ellie turned toward the sound and found Sierra’s hand wrapped tightly around the cup she had clearly just slammed down. She glared at Ellie one last time before storming past her and out the door.

Now that Sierra was properly pissed off, Ellie only had one thing left to do. She stalked toward the redhead and stopped just inches in front of her. She tried her best to ignore the guys who were practically drooling all over themselves.Perverts.Sheran a finger up the redhead’s arm, then brought her fingers under her chin.

She moved the littlest bit closer before pulling away and letting out a loud cackle. She stuck her middle finger in the air and waved it at her male teammates. “Go watch some porn, you fucking perverts.”

The room was silent until Chris burst into laughter and ran over to put his arm around Ellie. “Okay, I knew I loved you before, butthatwas amazing.”

As sounds of laughter took over the room, Ellie felt anything but amazing. If Sierra had gotten what she deserved, then why did Ellie feel so bad about it?

Chapter 5

In the two weeks following the party, Ellie was happy to find that no one talked about what had happened there. She didn’t want to hear about how great it was when she felt so slimy over it. She had almost made out with a girl she knew nothing about while a bunch of guys watched with hungry eyes. And for what? To piss off her teammate? If that was the goal, it had definitely worked. Sierra couldn’t even look at her at this point.

So much for the talk that she had promised her moms she would have. There was no way that was happening now.

She wasn’t going to let herself worry about that tonight, though. It was the weekend after Halloween, which meant the big haunted farm about an hour from their school had a discounted night. A group of them had gone to it every year since they were freshmen, and it scared the shit out of her every time. She absolutely loved it.

Juniper grabbed her hand as soon as they were parked at the farm. “I hope you don’t like having feeling in your hand, because I’m going to be squeezing the shit out of it all night.”

Ellie laughed. “Don’t worry. I’m used to it.”

“Ready to get the piss scared out of you?” Chris asked as he draped an arm over Ellie’s shoulder.

“Hell, yeah. I’ve been waiting for this since the weather started getting cooler.”

They met the rest of the senior sprinters by the front gates and bought their tickets. They all agreed to do the haunted hayride first since that had been the lamest part of the farm in the prior years.

After taking their seats at the front of the large wagon, Ellie looked around for any signs of an actor that might pop up and try to scare them.

“Seriously? What’sshedoing here?” Juniper asked, her tone one of complete disgust.

When Ellie turned around, she saw the last person she wanted to be there—Sierra. She was with that redheaded girl again, as well as two guys.Cute. A double date.Ellie had to hold back a gag. If she was on a date, Sierra probably would think the world was about to catch on fire, but of course, it was fine for the perfect little straight girl.

When Sierra looked over at them, Juniper lifted her and Ellie’s intertwined hands and kissed Ellie’s knuckles, then winked at Sierra. Sierra didn’t look as angered by that as she did at the party, but she still moved her eyes toward the ground as if she couldn’t stand to watch what was happening, even if it was completely innocent.

“Dude, she’s such a bitch,” Juniper whispered much too loudly.

“Who’s a bitch?” Chris asked.

Not trying to hide the fact that she was talking about her, Juniper pointed across the wagon.

“Sierra?” Chris asked. “Nah, she’s not so bad. I think she’s just shy.” He gave Sierra and her friend a sweet smile and small wave.

Juniper chuckled. “You’re only saying that because her friend gave you a blowjob at that party she brought her to.”

“Wait, she gave you a blowjob?” Ellie asked. She was shocked she was just hearing about it now. Chris normally loved to brag about hisconqueststo her.

“She sure did.” Chris leaned back and rested his head against his hands. “You definitely made the wrong choice not kissing her. That girl is amazing with her mouth.”

Barf.“Dude, I didnotneed to know that.”

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