Scarlet was surprised when Mia insisted on walking home with her directly after school, completely skipping cheerleader practice. What was going on? Things were suddenly strange since the new guy came into school.
Mia had been all but stuck to her side; she was surprised that she hadn’t actually cuffed them together to stay with her. And whenever she asked her what was going on, she would pretend like nothing was out of the ordinary.
She was even more suspicious when Mia didn’t part ways with her at the old tree, but hesitated a moment before she seemed to step past some invisible boundary and then walked with her past the tree. There was another hesitation when her house came into view, but again, she walked with her to the front porch. And then she froze with wide eyes when the do
