#Chapter10

It had been two days since Mike and I had met or spoken to each other. We saw each other in the hallways sometimes, whenever I went out for another period or lunch, but we never spoke. Well, I did not let him. Everytime we saw each other on the corner of the hallways or in the canteen, he always tried to make a move and walk over to meet me in person, but I always denied him that. Because Shirley was always with me. I could not risk it.

When, for the first time I denied him quietly, with a single shake of my head outside my class,...