"We need to talk," Eli says, a desperate look on his face. Jessica stops her incessant chattering long enough to look up and see Eli pinning me with his stare.

"Who's this?" Jessica loudly whispers. It's the kind of whispering where everyone can hear what she's saying but it gives the illusion that she's asking for me to tell her a secret. I don't see the point in it, and I'm not in the mood to answer any of her questions in too much depth because Eli is right in front of us. I'm still quite angry with him for grabbing me at Velvet Elixir, and then he wouldn't let...