Kaya’s POV

The wind blew through the half-drawn car window, allowing me to take in fresh gasps of fresh air I so desperately needed. My heart was beating harder the closer I got to school, and I couldn’t stop my fingers from tapping so nervously on the side of my chair as Ally drove towards it.

She turned to me, glancing down at my hand before I could feel her eyes on the side of my face, "Look, if you really feel like you don't want to be here, we can just go home. Like, if all this mate thing is too much on you…." She trailed off when I...