Seven
Tuesday nightFor most of my years in school, I’ve managed to swim under the radar of the rumor mill and gossip circle. Except for that one time in Year Eight when someone—cough-Zanzia-cough—started a rumor that I had bonded to Prince Allrik of Glacialis.
I freaked out so much from the intense attention that I had to stay home from school for a week.
Amazingly, I have now survived an entire two days as the center of everything anyone at school is talking about without having a debilitating anxiety attack. Clearly, I have matured.
At some point between that moment in the cafeteria and now, I think every single merperson in school—including several teachers—has asked me about Zak. Some just want to know how Zak is doing, if he likes college, and whether he’s going to be at the game.
