The rest of the week was horrendous, and dragged on with absolute desolation. I missed being friends with Atlanta, but I couldn’t break my promise of staying away. I didn’t promise, but I wanted to spare myself the embarrassment of taking her back.
I continued to receive looks from the kingdom, and bullet eyes from Amber who found me more revolting than the gunk under her shoe. That girl could go to extreme lengths to defend Caspian and toss me into a pit of lava. In addition to that, the rumours around school have increased and it became apparent that Amber and Caspian were in a relationship. I, myself, didn’t see the bond but Amber had shared the news all over school.
In each and every class, I felt burns on my back from being looked at by guess-who. I refrained from checking to see i
