JULIA The girls behind me began whispering as Evan stood in front of me. There was a small smile on his lips, which I found strange since he used to look at me with either a scowl or a neutral expression. "Evan," I said in a soft voice, glancing behind to see the group of girls looking at me with wide eyes. "Do they know each other?" "Chloe, this is your chance!" "Maybe Evan is just asking her a question." "Julia," Evan said, making me turn to him once more. I stepped back a bit since I didn't want to cause a scene. However, Evan cluelessly stepped forward again. I heard someone's footsteps behind me, and I presumed it was Chloe. Before I could take another step back, Evan leaned even closer—too close, in fact, that my breath hitched. I looked at him with wide eyes, silent

