She let out a soft chuckle before leaning forwards and wrapping her arms around my neck. Just as we were about to deepen our kiss, we heard footsteps echoing throughout the hallway.

Both of us broke away from one another, and I heard her father calling out to us. Ariana quickly straightened herself up and cleared her throat as she reached down to grab her backpack off the floor.

"I need to go," she said apologetically. "Dad wants to talk to me."

"Okay," I replied in response as I watched her walk towards the doorway. I quickly ran after her and grabbed onto her wrist. She froze momentarily, and turned...