Luci's POV: All I could do was stare after Carlos. I wasn't sure if I wanted to yell at him or strangle him, or maybe both, for ditching me out of the blue like that. I'm sure it came from a good place, but how could he leave me here with a literal stranger? I glanced at Gavin who was collecting his trash. He seemed so chill about the situation. How could he be so calm? Just as Gavin got up to throw things away, I heard my phone buzz twice. I saw two text notifications, and neither was what I wanted to see at the moment. The first was from my father, and I wasn't about to click on that right now. I swiped the message aside, already assuming it was for me to call him to talk about Alex. The second message was from my traitorous best friend. I clicked on Carlos's text as Gavin

