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"You understand nothing," the big man turns and glares at me. "I was going to break up with her anyway. I thought I had a chance with someone else, but she apparently changed her mind, after what kept happening when I was around you. You only saved me the hassle of breaking Tina's heart."

For a second I was angry that he'd been ready to hurt Tina like that, but at the same time, I was also curious. But then I remember the look in his eyes that night in the basement, and know he was just trying to save face.

"Why did you want to break up with Tina?" I asked, playing along.

He looks at me for a while, and I wonder what's going through his mind. There are times that I wish I can read minds instead of making my switches, but things are as they were.

After a few uncomfortable seconds, he decides to answer. "She was being too needy; talking about marriage, and kids. I'm not ready for that, so I was going to dump her."

At first, I can't imagine someone dumping a girl as hot as Tina but thinking back to how Tina has acted at times, I can't argue that she can be clingy. I understand why he would want to break up with her, but at the same time I'm still bothered. Tina is a good friend, if not more.

"So who is this other girl?" I ask, trying to dig deeper.

"What do you care?" I just look at him, willing him to give me the answer. I think I might be able to use my switches to get it out of him, but I'm tired of manipulating the man.

"Fine, if it will get you to leave me alone. It's Serena Williams." The bully nods, and I look at another table to see the redhead eating with her friends. I have always thought she was cute, but rather stuck up, personally, and nowhere on the level of Tina. . . Or even Stephanie for that matter, though I can't deny she has a racking body.

A small part of me feels that since I was the one to ruin things for him, I should be the one to fix them. Damn my conscience anyway…

"Give me a second." I told Richard, and then stood to walk over to Serena.

"What do you think you're doing?" Richard demands, but I ignore him as I walk over to the woman's table.

Serena is the head cheerleader, and she is perfectly suited for that, attitude and all. She surrounds herself with other cheerleaders everywhere she goes, and today was no different.

A plan starts to form in my mind as I walk over to her small group. The table goes quiet as I approach, and I assume it has something to do with Dan's threats, but he's not even close right now, so I brush the thought away.

I quickly make memory switches in the five girls at once, and am thankful I can affect groups. I wonder how many I can affect at a time, but just these five have already started a small throbbing in the back of my eyes. It's more work to affect groups, than it is to do them one at a time.

One of Serena's groupies leans over and whispers something to the redhead as I wait at their table.

Serena looks up at me, her blue-green eyes sparking with annoyance, and I notice that her nose is a little pointed for my tastes, but she is attractive enough. Once you get past her attitude, at least.

"And, like, what do you want?" Her snide tone grates on my nerves, but I answer her anyway.

I try to make my voice sound as conceited as possible.

"I understand you turned Richard down, and wanted to know if you're waiting for a real man?"

The table laughs, but I hold my ground.

"A real man? Like, what makes you think you're a REAL man?" She laughs some more, but I only smile, as if I know some great secret. Which is true, now that think about it.

"I stole Tina away from him. There must be a reason for that." My grin gets even bigger, as I watch the women's eyes grow larger.

The cheerleaders murmur amongst themselves, but I can't understand a word of it.

"I turned Richard down because he—" I flip the switch in all of them, making them forget the thoughts they were just having. "—he, umm. . . Like. . . Well, there was that time—"

FLIP

"You always did think he was cute," one of the other girls say.

"Yeah, and you always complain that Tina is a b*tch that doesn't deserve him," pipes up another crony.

Serena looks to her fellow cheerleaders at a loss for words. If my plan has worked, she will have completely forgotten about Richard's incontinence problem. Or rather, the problem I had caused for him.

"Well, like, it is no business of yours, anyway, dweeb. Go bother someone else," she demands snidely, not very happy about getting advice from her crew in front of a geek.

"Just let me know when you tire of him, doll. I'll be ready to show you what a real man can do," I responded with arrogance.

Okay, so maybe that was going a bit too far, but I'm sick of being treated like I'm less than I am, and she needs an attitude readjustment. Then again, she and Richard will fit perfectly well together, I thought. Smiling I walk away confidently, sure of myself.

I was smart enough not to walk straight over to Richard, knowing that the cheerleaders will be watching me, but I'll tell him to try again with the stuck up snob later. I wish them both the best of luck….…

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After classes, it was my first day on the math team, and Prof. Jane confronts me as soon as I walk into her classroom.

"I missed you in class yesterday."

Was that sadness in her voice, or just a concerned teacher?

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