ZARA- Date.
"How do you know him?" Riley inquired when we turned our heads back.
"Hmm?" I cleared my throat, buying time. Since he’d shut everyone off, it kind of explained why he didn’t want housemates either. It wasn’t my place to tell people I lived with him.
"I… kind of heard someone call his name earlier today," I lied, scratching the back of my neck.
"He was talking to someone?" Lena asked, eyes widening.
"yes."
"Wow," Lena breathed. "He hasn’t talked to anyone since the semester began like, three weeks now. That’s his routine, sitting at the end and leaving before the lecture ends. Because of what happened, he’s retaking most of his first-year courses too."
"Noah doesn’t talk to anyone?" I asked quietly.
"As you can see," Lena replied, tilting her chin toward the back row.
