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Tate exchanges news with her father and later with K.C., resolving their confusion around her relationship with Jared. At school, Piper (the same girl who keeps trying to seduce Jared) approaches Tate and warns her to stay away from Jared, declaring that she has already claimed him as her own. Piper also reveals that she knows where Jared goes after his races on the weekends; Tate realizes that this is one detail she doesn’t know about Jared.
Tate waits for Jared’s car to drive away from his house and then sneaks across the tree and enters through his window. She rummages through his room, hoping to find out where he goes on the weekends. However, she soon discovers that Jared is still home; his friend was the one who took the car. When Jared emerges from the shower, a mortified Tate has no choice but to announce her presence. She makes up a story about why she is there, but Jared knows that she is lying, so he takes advantage of the moment. He approaches Tate and starts kissing her, and the encounter escalates. Just before they are about to have sex, Jared’s friend calls him and tells him that it is time to go to the track.
By Penelope Douglas
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