HE LOVED ME LAST

Chapter 51

Lucas pov

The next day at school felt heavier.

The hallways buzzed with whispers—*about the party, about Alice, about me.* It was expected. I knew bringing her into my world would stir things up. What I didn’t expect was how *cold* she was being.

She walked right past me before first period without a word. No glance, no eye contact—just a quick step and her eyes locked forward.

I frowned.

Henry raised a brow beside me. “She ghosting you already?”

“Shut up.”

I spotted Amelia near the lockers. Her voice rose a little too loud as she “accidentally” dropped Alice’s books in the hallway. Alice bent to pick them up silently, shoulders stiff. Amelia smirked, surrounded by her usual crowd, laughing behind their hands.

My fists clenched.

That’s enough.

Alice turned and walked away, her chin lifted, pretending she didn’t care—but I could see it. The flush in her cheeks. The tightness in her jaw. She wasn’t okay.

And she wasn’t going to come to me either.

So I took a pen, tore a page from my notebook, and wrote:

*“Library. After class. You and me. No one else. Don’t pretend you didn’t see this.” – L*

I folded it clean, passed it forward through the row in class, and watched carefully as the note landed on her desk.

She stared at it for a second… then slowly opened it.

Her eyes didn’t leave the page for a long moment.

She didn’t smile. She didn’t look back at me.

But she didn’t throw it away either.

I guess that was something.

And I’d be waiting.