MERRIELYNN.
I was thinking about joining the school paper, hoping it would help me focus more on my...education.
Graduation felt so far away, and I wanted to get there without any bumps in the road.
As Emorie and I loaded up our trays in the busy cafeteria, I sighed and told her, “The headmaster suggested I get involved in more extracurriculars anyway.”
Emorie raised an eyebrow, teasing me a bit. “Oh wow. What’s next, you gonna join the cheerleading squad next?”
I rolled my eyes, but inside, I felt a bit bitter. It seemed so unfair that someone like Cormac, could be part of the football team so easily—The most revered extracurricular this school had to offer.
While I was struggling to find my niche.
My heart was all about my books—they took me to another world—but here I was, try
