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self-destructive, which does happen fairly often. Regardless of who it’s with though, or how it happens, it’s a safe bet his encounters are more or less meaningless to him, but still. In fact, that might be why Michele said he goes through girls like that.”
    Since I’m truthfully new to this whole world, I’m kind of lost. I know what she meant about him not keeping to himself, but I don’t get the other part so I asked for clarification. “I don’t mean to be obtuse or anything, but what do you mean about him being self-destructive?”
    Kate sighed and then screwed up her face in trying to think of how she could explain. “The best way I can say it is that he’s moody as all hell. Most of the time Tristan does a really stellar job of fending off unwanted advances, but I’ve witnessed many upon many instances when it’s like he just doesn’t give a shit at the time and hooks up with a girl he’d normally avoid like the plague. He then ends up having to deal with the aftermath of his reckless actions, which of course, pisses him off even more. I’m not sure why, or what makes him do it, but it does seem to happen more than he’d like to admit, I’m sure.”
    “Okay, I get what you’re saying. He’s fickle like us girls.” In thinking about how Jillian and I felt about moving, Kate’s explanation was actually really easy for me to understand.
    “Yeah, I guess he is,” she said, nodding her agreement once again.
    “So, tell me why you think he might be interested in me of all people.” I’m really curious about this piece of information and judging from how well Kate knows Tristan; I think I’m safe in believing she might be right about him liking me. Wow. This is totally surreal. I mean, stuff like this just isn’t supposed to happen in real life, you know what I mean?
    “Okay. Like I said earlier, I’ve known him my whole life and I’m pretty sure I can recognize the signs when he’s considering if a girl is worth his time. I already know for a fact he’s attracted to you, that’s a given, an—”
    “Wait! He’s attracted to me?! How do you know he’s attracted to me?!” ‘Cause in my review of the day, the guy never looked at me twice! Maybe I missed some clue earlier in the day. I thought I’d been paying particularly close attention to everything he did, though... I was, right? God, I really need to learn some pointers from either the most loveable Kate Beaumont here, or my overly observant twelve-year-old sister.
    Kate chuckled a little before answering, which she did like she was a sage or something. “Because Camie, I’ve seen and heard things today that you’re most likely completely unaware of, and I also know things about how he operates that most don’t.”
    And boy, she wasn’t kidding about how much she’d picked up on!
    “Liiiike…?” I quizzed her with growing excitement. I mean because the way she said all that made me feel like I was the topic of much discussion among the hierarchy at school today, although I know that’s not true. I think I would’ve heard the buzz if people were actually talking about me. I have a feeling that’ll soon be changing, though, if I decide to accept the challenge like Kate said and if Michele’s right about how people talk in this school.
    “Alright, first let me just caution you by saying that the events of today pertaining to Tristan Daniels were unprecedented and there was a lot going on that the casual observer would never think of as important. Except they’re hugely important and every detail counts, especially if you understand there’s always meaning behind what this guy does. Basically, it all boils down to the fact that for whatever reason, he’s chosen to give you an enormous opening to accomplish what the vast majority of girls on campus dream of. I know I’m being overly melodramatic, but, this is high school and, well…this is the kind of stuff we teenagers live for, you know?” Kate asked rather