LEILA'S POV
"Hey, Leila."
I turned to see Ellen and Eva walking towards me. I was leaving the library, was still in the compound. I stopped walking and waited for them to catch up with me.
"You are walking to your bus stop as usual, right?" asked Ellen.
"Yes, I am," I replied.
"Good. We are going in the same direction as you today," Eva said.
They fell into step beside me and I resumed walking.
"Why?" I asked with a grin. "Did both of you move to the other sound of town overnight?"
They exchanged a look and laughed.
"Oh, would you look at that! Leila now makes jokes," Eva said.
"Uh huh. She does."
I wrinkled my nose. "Was that even a joke? If it was, it was a pretty lame one."
Ellen patted my shoulder. "Don't be so hard on yourself. You should hear Brad's jokes. They m
