STELLA
I pace around my room for what seems like hours. I try to call Xavier a few times, but he doesn’t pick up. Great. Just great.
I feel like I need to tell someone about it. Xavier, Elle, Carter… even Greg, and lift this off my shoulders, because I just don’t know how to react to all of this.
But luckily, tonight, I can find everyone in the same place...
Determined, I put on my mask and leave my room, leaving the necklace on my bed. Xavier’s little bird fits me more anyway.
The ball is held downstairs in the main hall of the Springwood Academy, and I am still quite late. I am standing at the top of the huge stone staircase, looking at everyone from the top, trying to recognize at least someone with no such luck. This is the worst time for a masquerade! And it doesn’t help that th
