Lily woke up already annoyed.
Not because she was tired.
Not because school started too early.
Not even because Jason existed.
No.
She was annoyed because the first thing her brain remembered upon waking up was:
Only you.
Which was deeply unfair.
Because now she had to attend school knowing Noah had voluntarily said something devastatingly sincere to her over text like it was completely normal behavior.
And worse?
She had replied.
Which meant there was documented evidence of her emotional instability.
Lily stared at her ceiling for a full minute.
Then grabbed her pillow and screamed directly into it.
Unfortunately, this did not solve anything.
—
By the time she arrived at school, her heartbeat was already acting suspicious.
Which became significantly worse the second Emily
