Sharon made her way to the back entrance of the school the next day, shouldering her back pack while she focused on shifting her math binder to the crook of her left arm. She had woken up late, and had been forced to slide into a parking space that was too far from the school for her comfort. She was really happy with her choice of footwear (a pair of white, running shoes) at the moment as she spied the door. She smiled, and opened the door, but froze when she heard Brandon's voice on the other side.
"Lisa, we need to talk!" he said, his voice tight, and upset.
Lisa? Sharon thought, worry pricking the back of her neck. She strained to hear more.
"About what?" Lisa snapped. "What could possibly be bothering you so much that you would stoop to talking to little ol' me?" The sarcasm that dripped off of her voice made Sharon grimace, but she was rooted to the spot, unable to move.
"Your little rat told Sharon that I only asked her out to make you jealous. Now, where would she hear something like that? Care to enlighten me?" His voice held just as much biting anger as Lisa's.
Lisa was silent for a minute, and Sharon almost thought that she had left, but then she said, softly, "Did you? Did you ask her out to make me jealous?"
"No..." he said, but he hesitated. "Well, maybe. You did dump me."
"Yeah... well...."
"Wait a minute..." he said, a thought striking in his tone. "Felicia told Sharon about me to get her to break the date. And Felicia isn't smart enough to come up with that on her own... Did you tell her to do that?"
"Well... I... I..." She was stammering, clinging to any shred of dignity that she still had.
"You did! You wanted us to break up!" The mounting fury in his words left just as quickly as it had come, only to be replaced by a smugness that made Sharon's nose crinkle. "You were jealous. You still like me, don't you?"
Another uncharacteristically long pause from Lisa, then, "Yes. Do you still like me?"
The silence that stood was too much for Sharon, who was now choking on her feverish, angry tears. She flung open the door, too upset to worry about making a scene.
Brandon and Lisa looked at her, shocked at her appearance. Sharon strode up to Brandon, her face ablaze. "I can't go out with you tonight, Brandon Hall," she said, her voice trembling. "I told you that I am no one's tool. Goodbye!" She had not looked up from his shoes the entire time 
she had been speaking, but now she was glaring into his face. She pursed her lips, and ran off, leaving the two behind while the tears hit her face at a run.
she had been speaking, but now she was glaring into his face. She pursed her lips, and ran off, leaving the two behind while the tears hit her face at a run.
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