The next morning, another note was slipped under my door. It was written in normal Valentin script with the time, ten at night, underlined twice. I frowned at it.
He usually wanted to meet in the morning, before Basics. This was at night firstly and secondly, not on the day of Basics. Something about the double underline as well seemed urgent and forced. I shoved it with my other notes and went about my day.
The day was fairly normal. A couple scoffs, a couple sneers. A few dirty looks. All in a day’s work at Alpha Academy. After dinner, Loren and I hung out in the library for a bit, doing our homework together. The clock struck quarter to ten and I slunk out of the library, hoping to go unnoticed. I pulled up my hoodie and padded across campus to the gym.
When I arrived, I gave Valenti
