Dimitri mouthed the world disgust as if it left a bad taste in his mouth before following after Miss happy-go-lucky. Who skips these days?"Oh, you could have said that earlier, ya dingus," Alexis chided him. "Library's this way." She beckoned him to follow as she skipped off.
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"This'll be fun," Allen said excitedly as he rubbed his palms together in anticipation.
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"No, no, that's not what I meant," Haley said quickly. She took his hand then, hoping to give him better assurance that that wasn't what she meant. "I'm not going to not sit with you. But how long are we going to be able to keep up appearances?"
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Ashton giggled and nodded. "Oh but it is. Even the taking back of borrowed items and not getting caught for having them in the first place." She agreed cheerfully.
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Dyrus frowned and pulled his hand free and said a bit hurt, "I won't sneak around and pretend I'm not yours. You can't hide me like I'm some unsavory boy your father won't approve of. I know I'm not much to look. After all I did it to myself. But for all my shortcomings at least I have integrity. "