Daniella didn’t know why Jesse was being so cold. She stared morosely ahead, but from time to time she would feel him staring holes in her back. When she glanced back at him, he would meet her eyes blankly, and then look away.
It only made her feel more irritable. She turned back ahead and tried to listen to Mr. H. He was her favorite teacher, so passionate and animated, and he did the absolute best Rocky Horror Picture Show impressions. She stared at the left side of his neck. She began tapping her pencil against her notebook in rhythm with her own thoughts. The Shadow Man said they had already broken all the rules. He had said she was free to make her own decisions.
She pulled a piece of loose leaf paper out of her notebook and began to write, carefully printing in block lette
