ARIA
I went straight to my locker, backpack slung over one shoulder, trying to act like any other normal day. My head was still full of last night—Kai in my bed, the way he’d held me like I mattered, the things I’d overheard outside their lounge. I was ready to shove it all down and focus on classes, maybe even catch Zane for that hockey coaching he promised. But the second I turned the corner I could hear it. Commotion. The entire school was buzzing, voices overlapping, groups huddled together with phones out, heads turning my way. Some people stared openly, whispering behind their hands. My stomach dropped fast.
What exactly was going on? I didn’t know who was spreading rumors about me now. Was it the same old slut-shaming stuff? Calling me an omega w***e who only got attention by spre
