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awesome gamer.”
    “Yea, I might owe you; you never know how far you could’ve gone in competitions.”
    “Oh please. I’m a girl; they never would have taken me seriously.”
    We stopped talking as two girls made their way over the bridge. One was a blond in a red jacket, the other a red head in a purple scarf. Of course, they were gossiping about what the whole rest of the campus was buzzing about.
    “I heard she’s going to try to get pregnant so he’ll be stuck with her.” Red jacket said.
    “Oh man! That’s a real bitch move.” Purple scarf scoffed.
    “Yea, apparently she told her friend or something and she told me.”
    “Hey!” Lisa yelled right as they were at the top of the bridge. They both stopped and looked up at her. “I heard that there are repercussions for talking bad about that Kale chick.”
    “What?” The one in the red coat sneered.
    “I was talking bad about her, and they told me that I wasn’t able to see Zombie Grave in November.”
    “…what?” Purple scarf looked like she was going to blow a fuse in her brain. I wasn’t sure what Lisa was getting at.
    “Because they’ve got the campus bugged, everyone talking bad apparently is going to be banned from the new movie coming out in November. I was banned for calling the girl ugly.”
    “Zombie Grave?” They both chimed, looking absolutely horrified.
    “Yea, they say talking bad about her pretty much means you’re talking bad about Taylor Jett. So he’s put up bugs everywhere, he’s voice identifying people on campus, and is banning anyone talking badly about the competition.”
    The girls exchanged a look.
    “Oh my God.” The girl in the purple scarf said. “That’s horrible. Oh my God, do you think they heard us?”
    They hurried off the bridge, looking around at lamp posts and trash cans, probably looking for the apparent bugs. I heard good remarks about myself as they trumped off, overly nice remarks like how beautiful I was and how I deserved to win. I couldn’t believe how gullible people were. Lisa snickered.
    “Hopefully that rumor will get around fast.”
    “Have I told you lately how much I love you?” I asked, batting my eyes and grinning at her.
    “Be careful, soon they’ll be calling you a lesbian.”
    This was why she was my best friend. She could make me smile right when I thought my mouth would become a permanent grimace. She’s crazy, lovable, and a lot of the time I wondered why in the world she would choose to hang out with me.
    I glanced at my phone and realized I needed to get ready for work. Great.
     

Chapter Thirteen
    “Hello Ms. Delaney!”
    As I slammed my car door I glanced up to see Hector and one other body guards walking towards me. I looked at my phone, it was ten till.
    “Hey Mr. Hector!”
    As they strode over I grabbed my two sets of keys and my purse, making sure to keep my hood on.
    “You can drop the ‘Mr.’ Ms. Delaney.”
    “Then you can call me Kale.”
    Hector smiled.
    “This is my partner, Gideon.” I extended my hand, and he shook it firmly.
    “Hello, Gideon.”
    “Hello, Kale.”
    I glanced hesitantly at the doors to the theatre. I saw one of our box office employees leaning over the counter, trying to see around the corner behind the glass. I sighed.
    “Shall we?” I asked. They took their places by my side, and I trumped in.
    I quickly walked through the lobby and went over to the concession counter. Computers lined the counter tops as well as fountain drink machines and printers for receipts. All of the employees were staring. They were all in the black collared shirt uniforms with black dress pants. I noticed ushers staring over from podium where tickets were ripped. I was very thankful that all of the current movies were still in progression or else I would have had multiple auditoriums worth of customers staring as well.
    I took a moment to admire the new posters and standees in the lobby. New exciting movies were always coming out, and we are one of