Chapter 20: Field Trip and Unexpected Partner
~ Gwen ~
"Elodie Bowen...you will be pairing with Marcus Anderson."
"What?" Elodie slumped in her seat, her face falling. "And I was so looking forward to doing this with you," she sighed, looking at me with genuine disappointment.
"Me too," I said, feeling a heavy weight of dread settle in. If Elodie was already paired, that meant I was at the mercy of the remaining list.
"And finally," Atkins said, his voice echoing in the sudden silence of the hall. "We have Gwen Casteel...paired with Yates Underwood."
The world seemed to stop for a split second. My heart didn't just beat; it did a violent somersault that left me breathless. I looked toward the end of the row. Yates looked like he’d been struck by lightning. He sat perfectly still, his
