le

oon as I arrived. Heavy breaths left me.

nothing could get rid

Hayden Michaels i

restigious college his family could afford after all. In so

my hope out of those memori

fun," I flinched as a vo

Mark staring at me from his door

the party

, trying to keep my expressi

ou. Coleen, all gr

he rambled about his day in college. As he told me how he met up with a girl in h

ing in the same damn college wasn't my business. I was never g

.

rent classes, set on moving forward with the day. In the midst of the cla

ne. Grea

out only to be called by the Lecturer to see him.

ing me? Had som

this college due to your high grades, you have the offer if joining in an after school study group alongside other full schola

nxiety was replaced

tunity sir ," I smiled, h

'Scholarship study group'. Less than a minute after learning

my smile froze in pla

ere sitting in a gr

f the tables, eyes

as in the same highschool as you, I believe?" M

also in several of your classes. Since you two are familiar I'm

rong

other people waiting for me. Their stares bored into m

be some sort

anies in the whole damn city. Everyone knew his n

re deserving people w

t felt , I couldn't find the words. It didn't change

ho for some twisted reasons

me? Had he done it on pu

roil when I met his gaze. His sea gre

s smirk grew

n me after that day of our graduation. It brought

roat. I couldn't

out the door and ignori

ered the nearest bathroom. Thankfully I realized it w

stronger than this" I told mysel

otions by itself. First the one night stand a

the las

ng it," I shook my

back to that signature smile of his anger welled up inside me. How co

ut I knew how to pick my batt

oth of us, and I would make su