I lead her toward her next class, keeping an eye on my watch, making sure she’s not late as we hurry across campus. “Do you want to grab dinner tonight, just you and me?” I ask, nudging her.
“Are you asking me out on a date?” Nova grins, glancing up at me. “Hmm, let me think about it.”
We approach the building for her next class, and she turns and throws her arms around my neck, planting a kiss on my lips. “Yes,” she whispers, pulling back. I didn’t have any doubts, since she’s my girlfriend.
“Good, I’ll stop by your place?” I offer and wink at her.
She snorts and smacks my arm. “You don’t have a car, and my place is literally just across the hallway. I’ll see you later.”
I grab her jacket, pulling her to me for one more kiss before she hurries to her last class for the afternoon.
Watching her walk inside, I want to make tonight memorable, in the best way possible. We’ve all been through a lot lately. She deserves the perfect date night.
Eleven
Bristol
Heading down to the dining hall for dinner, I run into Sophia in the elevator.
“Hey, stranger.” She smiles at me, but honestly, I can’t tell if it’s fake. It seems genuine, but so did our supposed friendship.
It was my mistake for believing we could ever be friends.
“Hey, Sophia.” I force a smile. While I appreciate her letting me crash in her room that time with Liam, I still don’t consider the two of us friends. She backstabbed me in high school and told my crush that I liked him freshman year.
“How are you?” The smile she wears just makes my stomach flop. She’s pretty, the kind of pretty that guys fawn all over. She never had any trouble getting a date to prom or any other dance.
“Fine.”
She folds her arms across her chest, raising one eyebrow. Sophia glances me over, unconvinced, or maybe she knows fine is its own answer: none of your damn business.
“I heard you and my brother are officially dating.”
I open my mouth but quickly shut it. “He told you that?” I don’t know why I’m surprised; they are twins. I’m sure they share all sorts of gossip and secrets, not that us dating is a secret.
The elevator opens, but not quickly enough. I step out first, trying not to make it like I’m running for the exit. I glance at the doors. I could head outside, go anywhere else to stay away from her.
Have I forgiven her for freshman year?
No.
Do I tolerate her when Liam is around? Obviously, because I can only hate one person at a time and, well, turns out I don’t hate Liam anymore.
His sister doesn’t have the same charm.
She grabs my arm. “Why do you hate me?”
Does she honestly not know?
I huff and yank my arm free, keeping distance between us. I glance behind myself at the exit and then the dining hall is just a few feet in the other direction, where I was originally heading. However, if Sophia is going there, I’d prefer to eat someplace else.
“I don’t?—”
She stares at me pointedly.
“Fine!” I scowl. “You were a bitch to me freshman year. You told Casey that I liked him and that I had a huge crush on him.”
Sophia stares at me, perplexed. Slowly, she shakes her head. “You’re mad about that?”
