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Chapter Ten

Rebounds and Reputations

"Manny, please – don't leave me hanging here! Please!" JT shouted, running up to keep up with her. She just stared at him. "You like Liberty, not me." She said softly, turning around slowly to face him. "We can work this out, I promise." He put his arms around her again. "I want it to JT, I really do." She paused. "But I can't deal with this. You're not returning my calls. Instead, you hang out with Liberty." He sent a confused look her way. "Manny, Liberty and I are just-"He started to say, but she interrupted him. "Friends, I know. But it seems like you're taking us just that way – friendship. I kiss you, I say, 'I love you,' but you never return the kisses or the 'I love you"'s. You don't love me. I know you don't. So please, just stop pretending that you do, because it's not working."

She gently pushed his arms away, and started to walk back toward Liberty. "Bye," JT whispered, watching her go. He sighed, before thinking for quite some time. "At least I still have Liberty!" He thought to himself brightly.

"Liberty—hey, hey—wait up!" JT called to her in the halls, but she continued to ignore him. "Liberty, come on! I know you hear me!" He managed to smirk, and finally, she stopped walking and turned to face him. "Hey! You finally stopped walking." She just nodded in reply. "Do you wanna catch a movie or something tonight?" She stared blankly at him. "What about Manny – I thought you guys were going out?" She asked, curiosity in her voice. "We were. She broke up with me last night." He paused. "So do you want to come tonight or what?" He waited anxiously for her reply. "Am I some kind of rebound or something, JT? Because If I am, then yeah, erm, I don't want to be one." She said, struggling with very word, before walking away from him.

He watched her go and sighed. "Guess I don't have Liberty."

"Crappy locker! Open!" Manny muttered to herself, trying to open up her locker. She put her locker combination again, but it did not succeed in working. She sighed, slowly sliding down her locker so she was now on the ground. She closed her eyes tightly and thought hard, before someone disturbed her thoughts. "Um, having trouble with your locker?" A voice said behind her. Slowly, she opened her eyes, to see Craig Manning himself standing beside her. He took out his hand, so she could easily get up.

Manny got up, but did not take his hand. "Yeah," She mumbled, nodding, as she put in her combination once more. Craig frowned, watching her do so. "I can help if you want, you know." She stopped for a split second. "I'd rather you not, thanks." He frowned at her, a bit hurt. "Manny, come on. You have to forget about what happened. I'm just offering help." She closed her eyes. "You want me to just forget? Like it never happened?" She paused to open her eyes. "Well, guess what? I'm offering you to leave." She snapped, still trying to open up her locker.

He sighed, continuing to watch her. "Please. I'm trying to put the past in the past." He moved a little closer to her. She stopped, to glance at him. "Can you open up my locker, please? It won't open." She scooted quite a bit, so he could get to her locker. "Yeah, sure." He smiled brightly, putting his grip on the lock. "What's your combination?" He moved the lock two times around the numbers. "11-37-3." She said simply, watching him.

He just nodded, before slowly opening up her locker. "Ta da!" He said with a laugh. "Oh my gosh! I love you!" She laughed with him, getting her books out of her locker. His laugh slowly turned into a hopeful look. "Manny . . . did you just say . . . ?" She raised her eyebrows. "Craig, I was just-," She started to say, but he interrupted her with a gentle kiss on the lips. She pushed him away after a little.

He stared at her, confused. "Manny, you just said-," She shook her head. "Come on. We can work it out. I really missed you. It'll be like old times . . . except, Ashley won't get in the way now." She backed away slowly from him. "Old times were you lying. You earned yourself a reputation." He sighed. "I'm not like that anymore. I promise." She bit her lip, as tears slowly came down from her cheeks. "There you go with the 'promising', again." She said softly, walking away from him.

Wow, way more Craig/Manny than both JT/Manny and JT/Liberty put together!

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