-Anastasia-
I hadn’t received as many looks as I had expected upon arriving, but perhaps that was because no one cared all that much. I was so accustomed to keeping my head down, always fearing someone might take too much notice of me. I was certain they were always watching, but it seemed there was nothing to worry about.
Gabriel had tried to offer to walk me to my first class when we parked, but I firmly declined before leaving the car. He teased me about not giving him a proper goodbye, but I simply closed the door and headed to my first class.
However, for the first time, I couldn’t concentrate. My head kept spinning with thoughts of Gabriel, unable to focus on anything else. I hadn’t meant for it to happen, but it seemed that suppressing my real nature only made it return more forc
