** Trigger Warning - reference to p********a **
Monday
Aislen boarded the bus with a sinking feeling. Already, she could hear laughter from the back of the bus. It wasn’t about her, she tried to convince herself, but she recognized Cameron and Heath’s voices, along with Lillian’s, and it FELT like they were laughing at her.
She picked a seat towards the front of the bus – as far from the Triquetra as she could be.
She thought that she had gotten away with it until the bus began moving, and suddenly Rhett sat beside her, having made his way up from the rear, where Cameron and Heath were. He didn’t say anything, or even look at her, but he threw himself into the seat next to her with a huff of breath and then organized his sketchbook and supplies into his bag between his legs until she
