Classmate: Will
The sound of my heart beating hammered loudly in my ears when I suddenly saw Jake burst into the room. His face was flushed with something I hadn’t seen before. Something more interesting than the usual composure I’d always seen. It seemed like fear… uncertainty. Maybe desperation.
I knew that look too well. Seen it before.
The difference was, it wasn’t directed at me back then. I was nothing more than a passing shadow, a nameless classmate whose note held no value. He’d tossed it inside his bag, but never acted on it. He didn’t even spare me a second glance since then.
I bet he didn’t even remember.
But now… no, he was here, in the same room as me, breathing the same thick air that suddenly felt suffocating. Close enough that if I reached out, if I tried just a li
