When Zen woke up the next morning her face felt puffy from crying and her head was throbbing, which she put down to dehydration. She downed a glass of water and f*rced herself to get into a cold shower, hoping the cold water on her face would reduce the puffiness.
She pulled on some jeans and a hoodie, not caring what she looked like and made her way outside, not hungry in the least. Calum was waiting for her on the lawn so they could walk to school together, but as soon as his eyes fell on her face a frown darkened his features. “Are you okay? You don’t look so good?” He asked.
“Got some bad news last night. Don’t really want to talk about it.” She stopped him before he could bombard her with questions and walked right past him oh her way to school.
“Zen, you can talk to me.” He said a
