You’re Mine by Penny Brooks

Chapter 82 Easton The sound of my phone wakes me up.

Not the alarm that is set, giving me just enough time to shower and drive to school.

This is non—stop notifications— Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, texts—all going off at the same time.

There's so much buzzing, the vibration almost knocks the phone off my nightstand.

Still half asleep, | grab the phone and quickly scroll through the messages, trying to figure out what's going on.

It's too fucking early for something dramatic to have happened, I'm sure of that.

Except I'm wrong.

The second | see the Instagram post I'm tagged in, my back shoots up straight from bed, the blanket falls from my chest, my lips part as anger bolts through my body.

It's from WHGOSSIP, the account that was opened my freshman year, ran by someone at our school who loves to spread malicious rumors.

They've been quiet since the school year started, but now they have a tip to share, which has been posted to their main feed.

Atip that's all about me.

WHGOSSIP: Good morning, Washington High.

My gossip spies have been hard at work and have come across something deliciously scandalous.

You all know the perfect couple we've been seeing walk the halls.

Yes, I'm talking about the big man on campus and his favorite WHORE.

Well, it looks like things between them aren't as perfect as they seem.

We all know animals can't be tamed ...

Who's the mistress? None other than Mrs.

Scott.

Yes, friends, our school administrator is sleeping with the most popular guy at school, and he paid a visit to her house last night.

| wonder if she's teaching him about anatomy ...

even though he had plenty of experience on the subject long before the WHORE and Mrs.

Scott came into his life.

head on over to my Snapchat, there's a nice little photo of his Jeep parked outside her

as us? Smooches, WHGOSSIP With hands that won't stop shaking, I click on WHGOSSIP’s Snapchat account and

doesn't prove | did

show

my phone won't stop

fuck this isn‘t true

Julia: Damn, boy.

DAMN.

| knew you were fucking around on her, Harper has to

Scott—now that's a surprise.

bad it

balls, you know that! Blake: | told Harper not to date

back for seconds with

Scott, you sick motherfucker.

Parker: Hunter and | have a hundred bucks on whether

spill

with the whole school, haven't you lol Ryan: You're not going to write me back, asshole? Goddamn it!

look at any more messages, this

| toss my phone on the bed,

it's Harper, | grab it again and Leigh's name

answer, but | get the feeling she'll keep calling until she

the second | step onto school

"Hello—"

“Easton ..."

is so sharp, it can cut

that you came to my house last night? Because photos of your Jeep are all over the fucking Internet.” | bend my knees, pressing

"No one."

| take a breath.

that photo to WHGOSSIP,

can continue and

know who took the photo and | don't know who WHGOSSIP is.” | rake my hand through my hair, pulling the strands from

fucks both

look

streaming from her

way her heart

stop with Harper, my parents are going to chew my ass out if they find out, everyone at school are going to be

isn't going to

trouble {'m in? The school board has already reached out, they want to meet with me in an

| could be terminated, do you know what

to me and hear my side of