RIVER
The air shifted the second I stepped into class. Heads turned while whispers flickered like sparks across the room, and eyes followed me as if I carried something written across my forehead. I kept mine down, refusing to meet a single gaze, and walked straight to my seat.
As soon as I sat, I felt that burning sensation of someone’s eyes boring into the back of my head. Paige sat behind me in class. So I didn’t need to look to know she was watching me, probably waiting for a reaction. But I wasn’t giving her one.
That made me think of Lexi and how she had said yesterday that she hoped Paige wouldn't come to her. I hadn’t even reminded her that Paige wouldn’t come near her because I was in her body.
Strange how we both seemed to forget sometimes, even though forgetting was the one
