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I spent the whole day trying to act like a normal person. I moved through my classes like a ghost, but my head was trapped on that balcony. Every time the professor spoke, all I could actually hear was Xavierβs voice repeating in my mind: Youβre going to destroy me. Across the house, Xavier was a solid wall of ice. He barely looked in my direction. When our eyes accidentally met in the hallway, his gaze was colder than it had ever been. It hurt worse than if he had just yelled at me. The icy distance between us was suffocating.
"You look completely crazy today, man," Leo said, leaning his shoulder against the lockers.
I blinked, jerked out of my own head. "What?"
"Five minutes ago, you were staring at the floor with this weird little smile," Leo said, squinting at me. "
