DRASA POV
I didn’t want to go.
The text sat on my phone screen like a trap, simple and polite but layered with unspoken pressure.
“There’s a dinner I really want you to come to. Just a small one, nothing fancy. Please say yes.” – Andra
I stared at it for five full minutes before locking my phone again.
No.
No to the dinner, no to pretending I’m okay, no to letting my heart sit in the same room as other people staring and waiting to attack me. The more I thought about it, the more I got scared.
Andra didn’t give up though. Immediately she saw me walking out of my class, she rushed to me.
I turned to follow the other direction as soon as I saw her, I was practically running away from her, cause she has a way of talking me through things.
“Dra, come on. Please, it’s just dinner. Noth
