Twenty years ago…

“You’ve got to stop looking at him”, Bea throws a fry at me and it lands on my forehead, breaking my intense stare on Samuel. I grimace at the sight of the squishy fry that has now landed on my lap.

“You make me sound like sound like a stalker,” I mumble under my breath, my cheeks turning red. I didn’t think I was that obvious and it seems like everyone knows about it.

“You couldn’t have been more obvious,” I shriek at the slight pinch at my side and find a grinning Mona at my side, carrying her lunch tray with a single hand. I scowl...