KAIRA

"Taking letters to his office is a lot of stress, that place is far," Jessica said, falling into step beside me as we headed to the last class of the day. “Arghhhh.” She shook her head like the distance was a personal inconvenience she had already experienced and was still recovering from.

I kept walking beside her, listening. "You know what?" She turned to look at me mid-stride. "Any day you are submitting yours, we go together." She said it like it was already decided.

I nodded quickly, more quickly than I intended, probably because I needed it more. The idea of walking into Professor Zane's office alone, form...