FOR SOME REASON unknown to me, Austin tried to catch up with me in between classes but each time I successfully avoided him by either running into class or using Maria and Jay as shields; although it wasn’t like he couldn’t walk up to them and drag me away like he’d done before.
I had managed to escape him throughout the day but I wasn’t so lucky at the end of school.
I found him standing beside my locker, hands tugged stubbornly in his pockets. He tore his gaze off the floor when he heard me approaching. I kept my head up and pretended not to see him. I opened my locker, blocking my view of him and kept my books inside.
He was standing awkwardly close. Taking my precious time, I placed my P.E vest into it and moved a few other items, stalling time. I wanted him to get tired and walk aw
