The next day, Serah didn’t feel quite right. Her nervousness about heading to school was probably getting to her. Since she’d be seeing Asher again today. Not to mention they were now in the same class. She was toying with her bag’s straps when Gareth suddenly placed his hand atop hers.
“If you’re not feeling well, we can turn around and head back.” He said. “I know you still haven’t totally recovered from yesterday’s incident. No need to force yourself.”
“I’m just fine.” She said honestly. In fact she felt better than she had in days. Her supposed ‘outburst’ probably allowed her to release lots of pent-up emotions as she now felt calmer than she ever had… like some inner conflict within her had eased. Besides, she didn’t feel like spending more time in that castle where everyone kept gr
