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Mikey takes the empty spot at the empty table and starts eating. He's halfway through his sandwich when someone comes up behind him.

“What do we have here, now?” the guy asks. “Freshmeat?”

Mikey doesn't groan, but he wants to. There's nothing he is more annoyed by than bullies. “Go away.”

“But I just got here, beautiful,” the guy says, and sits down beside him. That doesn't sound very bullying, and Mikey risks a cautious glance.

The guy is tall and lanky like Mikey, but he has black hair and a wide, knowing smile. “I'm Gabe Saporta. I'm surprised we don't know each other already. I've been searching for my soul mate all day and I've just now found him.”

Mikey really wants to crack up now. He smiles, because what do you say to that? “I doubt I'm your soulmate,” he ventures.

“Au contraire,” Gabe says. “You look like an angel and those legs...”

Mikey looks down at his legs, which are mostly obscured by the table, and frowns. “What about them?”

Gabe moves in close to Mikey and whispers in his ear, “They'd look gorgeous wrapped around my waist.”

Mikey blushes. He's never had anyone talk to him like this, not ever. He's reminded strongly at the moment that he's a virgin. For all his hormone-induced fantasies, he's ridiculously inexperienced.

“And you blush so pretty,” Gabe says, low and almost feral. Predatory, that's the word Mikey is looking for. “You're definitely for me.”

“God, you're like the worst kind of stalker,” Mikey laughs. Because it's true, and because it's hilarious. He can't believe someone is coming on to him so strongly.

“Want to hook up after school, baby?” Gabe asks.

Mikey closes his eyes and shakes his head.

“We don't have to do much,” Gabe says. “I just want to kiss you until you're panting.”

Which actually doesn't sound too bad. Mikey's tempted.

“Or I could take you on a date, if you need that,” Gabe says.

“You don't even know me,” Mikey says. Gabe is so close, and he smells faintly of sweat and sex and aftershave.

“But I want to get to know you. Very, very well,” Gabe says.

“Are you always so fucking forward?” Mikey asks.

“It's the easiest way to get what I want,” Gabe says, and then lower, in almost a growl, “And I want you.”


page 26 hook up after school
page 27 accept a date for Friday night
page 28 blow him off completely