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..."

hands and was reluctantly

the hands and led the way; his palm was scorching hot just like that man, but it was way tender and his strength was unlike that of that man,

going in was the one they had walked past earlier, the Art Building, donated by Mr. Hu with that red

you are, Mia, no boy is allowed in; the front is a locker

He bent down and kissed Amanda on

away from that kiss, but she didn't respond, either; over his shoulder, she saw Rae Yan stand at the end of the hallway. When Rae Yan saw them making out, her steps stopped and her eyes darkened. Amanda

"Baby, call me. I'll miss you."

away without noticing the sullen girl behind his

turned around abruptly and disappeared into another door before slamming that door shut loudly.

Jealousy?

for class. Why are you still wearing your leisure clothes? The warm-up should begin in minutes, couldn’t you be more sensible!"

nowhere shoved Amanda as she saw her stupefied there and sent her plunge forwards.

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

Hearing the noise, girls in the practice room all gathered