Maddie POV
After we got ourselves together in the bathroom, I needed to go to class. But, to my surprise – and frustration – Averie insisted on accompanying me and picking up my books, bringing me some passion fruit juice that I love to calm me down.
“We need to go to class; you can wait for us in the cafeteria.”
“No, I’ll go with you to the living room.”
"You don't have to do this," I told her as we walked down the halls. "I'll be fine."
"That's not up for discussion," Averie replied, with that firm tone she loved to use. "My duty is to protect you, and I won't leave you alone after what happened today."
“You’re a piece of Averie,” Sandy said with a smile on her face.
“I have to be with you to defend Maddie from another seal attack,” she joked.
“And you, you were fantastic there,
