The scene splintered like glass, and the dream shifted to when she was 16.
Just because Julian had looked once too long at the most popular girl in school during morning assembly, Claire immediately understood what to do. She wrote a love letter for him, slipped it into the girl's desk, and then squatted beside the basketball court to wait for Julian.
When she saw him come off the court with a group of people laughing and talking behind him, she hurriedly stood and went over with water and a towel.
But he walked past her as if he hadn't seen her. She chased after him and tugged at the hem of his shirt, asking what was wrong.
In return, he turned back and asked coldly, "Why are you following me?"
"I... I was waiting to go home with you."
He glanced at her impatiently. "Claire Bennett,
