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“I think Mr. Thierry wants to speak to Derek alone.”
“Why? I was the one trying to start a fight.”
“Now, Simon . . .” Thierry said.
“I was. Derek refused, so I said, ‘Bring it on.’ ”
The secretary blocked Simon as I followed Thierry into the office. As the door closed, I heard her whisper, “I think it’s very sweet, sticking up for your brother like that.”
“I’m not trying to be sweet," Simon said, raising his voice so Thierry could hear. “I’m trying to be fair. But apparently no one’s interested in that.”

Kelley Armstrong

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You guys are weird," Tori said.
Simon sat on the crate beside me. "That's right. We are totally weird and completely uncool. Your popularity is plummeting just by being near us.
— Kelley Armstrong
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A whisper of fabric as Derek dressed. Then a hand on my waist, a light touch, tentative. I turned and Derek was right there, his face above mine, hands sliding around me as I titled my face up—
"What the—?"
We both jumped—again. Tori stood there, staring at us, Simon behind her, grabbing her arm.
"I told you not to—" Simon began.
"Yeah, but you didn't say why. I sure didn't expect..." She shook her head. "Am I the last one to know everything around here?"
Liz raced in. "What's going on?"
"Derek's ready," I said. "We need to move."
— Kelley Armstrong
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“I’m going to tell myself that you’re just cranky because Chloe’s at the mall with Tori, and you weren’t allowed to go. I could point out that if you did go, you’d be even crankier, and you’d make everyone miserable. Especially me.”
“You wouldn’t have to go.”
“Sure I would. I’d need to run interference when Tori asked how a new shirt looked and you told her the truth.”
“I’m honest. Honest is good.”
“Not when it comes to girls and clothes. You need to gauge their reaction first. If they aren’t happy with it, you suggest they try something else, even if it looked fine. If they love it and it looks like hell, you say it’s not bad and hope they try something else.”
— Kelley Armstrong
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“I could use the fresh air. I think that put my brain to sleep.”
She pointed at the text as if it was a piece of rotten meat.
“Physics?” I said. “You must need a more advanced text.”
“No, it’s just boring.”
I picked the book up and double checked the title, to make sure I hadn’t misidentified the subject.
“Boring?” I said. “How can physics be …?”
I looked up to see she’d already left the room. Simon pointed at the text, grinned and faked a yawn.
“Hold on,” I said, striding after her. “Physics is not boring. Maybe you just need me to explain it better. Chloe? Chloe!”
— Kelley Armstrong
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“You still taking him for his house-breaking lesson tonight?”
I flicked an eraser at him. He ducked it and threw me a grin.
While I was getting my Changes under control, we’d decided I should try once a week. While Simon was joking about house-breaking, that’s kind of what it was like—take me outside regularly, where I’d attempt to perform a bodily function, and hopefully train my body to do it on a schedule. So far, I felt like a month-old puppy, struggling to control my bladder before it was ready to be controlled.
— Kelley Armstrong
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