Revenge

After Ali realized what he was saying, he held her hands explaining and apologizing again: “Mia, that’s not what I meant...I was insane...” Seeing Amanda not respond, he slapped himself in the face.

Amanda felt not insulted by him at all, neither did she feel sorry or distressed seeing him slap himself. Sometimes the words he blurted out without deliberation were the ones he most wanted to say. After a moment of silence, Amanda looked Ali in the eye and asked, "You're my boyfriend. They say I'm no longer a virgin, do you believe it?"

"I..." Ali hesitated for seconds and nodded. "Of course not, Mia! I love you!"

Amanda felt amused; even she was still 17, she wouldn't have believed the lame lie.

However, she was not going to breakup with her “boyfriend” on her first day back in school. He would still be very useful; Amanda took in a deep breath and beamed at him with an attitude of earnestness saying: “whatever they said, it's enough that you trust me."

She had never said his name because it kept reminding her of “A”, the way she used to addressed Aaron Gu.

Ali gave out a sigh of relief and squeezed her hands affectionately saying: “Mia, hurry back to class, I have to go..."

"Don't!"Amanda, who had been cold, suddenly grabbed his hands and was reluctantly part from him: “Walk me there would you? I am afraid...”

boy held her by the hands and led the way; his palm was scorching

Art Building, donated by Mr. Hu with that red cloth reading “Thank you for your kind

Ali stopped before the practice room, saying: "Here you are, Mia, no boy is allowed in; the

bent down and kissed

Rae Yan stand at the end of the hallway. When Rae Yan saw them making out, her steps stopped and her eyes darkened. Amanda was more sure

me. I'll miss you."

away without

Yan turned around abruptly and disappeared into another door

Jealousy?

for class. Why are you still wearing your leisure clothes?

A heavy girl coming out of nowhere shoved Amanda as she saw

top student of our school, her dance skill is outstanding and so are her methods. She could erase her scandal and crawl back after being official expelled. Who are we to her?” The slim girl standing right next to that heavy girl rolled her eyes and

noise, girls in the practice room