Ariana With Noah and Alex gone, the big farmhouse felt even quieter. Elijah was great, though. He stepped up right away. He took me everywhere I needed to go, especially to school for the last few days of classes. Noah, on the other hand, was an expert at avoidance. When I’d text him about a tricky concept, he’d reply hours later, "Can't chat. Studying." Or, if I called, he'd send a quick text: "Super busy. Exam focus." Or when we meet at school, his face is buried in his book not even glancing once at me I told myself the final exams were all that mattered and that’s why he didn’t want disturbance. The finals has started. We had almost two months on none stop stressing. Barely had time for each other. The day of the final paper came, it was intense, and somewhat happy, since this

