Derrick's POV
I smiled to myself as I walked into the auditorium. Approaching the podium, I scanned the sea of faces until I found Eliana's own. Just like I had intended, she was shocked to see me. Confused even.
It had been easy to tell that she had been avoiding me. After that day at the restaurant, I’d seen her only once and that had been from a distance. She hadn't attended any of the last three classes we'd had and when I woke up that morning, I decided to put an end to that. Getting Harriet to allow me to take over her period had been easier than expected.
“Why would you want to do that?” She asked initially, eyeing me as if I'd done something bad that I was trying to hide. Then her phone rang before I could answer and I watched her expression change from a relaxed one to a trou
