Monday morning rolled around, and my nerves fluttered when I walked into the writing center. Even with Maverick walking me to the door, the fact he had to walk clear across campus scared me.
“You okay?” he asked.
I nodded. “Of course.”
Maverick leaned down and kissed my mouth softly. “I’ll meet you at the fountain after this class, okay?”
“I’ll be there,” I said.
I hadn’t been scared until I saw the fear in Maverick’s eyes. The fear he held for Derek showed me how much I should be scared. I
wasn’t there for the beating but I’d seen how he left a thirteen-year-old boy.
India slapped her palm down beside my computer and I jumped. “Girl, what happened to your internship with Professor Swoony?
It’s all over campus that he’s looking for a new intern.”
Great.
I started my computer an
