I felt dead inside—a walking zombie. Considering I didn’t sleep a wink last night, it was only normal that I felt like that. Yesterday had to be one of the worst days of my life. I did not feel like attending school this morning because I was not ready to face Ruby after what happened yesterday. Today was definitely not going to go well. Call it a gut feeling, but I just knew. This morning, I dragged myself out of bed, pushed aside the covers, and took a very long cold shower. Breakfast was eaten in silence. I was thankful that Amanda did not ask about what happened yesterday between Ruby and me, even though she kept eyeing me. I walked to school with my earphones plugged in, listening to music, hoping it would tune out the endless thoughts in my head. I pushed open the doors to

