“Fuck!” I pulled my hands through my hair. There were two days left. I have to speak to her to get this rift between us out of the way.
39
ELENA
Iwent for an early run and when I came back the door to our dorm was open.
“She is such a drag, though. Boring as hell, speaking hardly any words.”
I froze as Ashley’s voice spoke.
“Yeah, be careful she doesn’t hear you. She kicked Professor Mia’s ass in Art of War,” Vivian said.
My stomach dipped as a heaviness settled on my stomach. They were speaking about me. Tears pricked in my eyes.
“Mrs. Boring?” Ashley asked. “The girl that looks like she is going to run away any second?”
“Yep,” Vivian answered as they chuckled. “She knows her, but didn’t say a word when I asked.”
“You see what I mean? She doesn’t even try to make friends.”
I walked the other direction and went to sit on the stairs until they left. Dad was wrong.
I wiped the tears from my eyes. I would never fit in. When their voices came from the stairs, I got up and rushed up the stairs. I needed a shower as I reeked.
They greeted me as I passed them, but I didn’t do fake, so I ignored them.
The shower was a quick one as I was already running late and entered the cafeteria around quarter past six.
“Morning, Elena,” the chef greeted me.
“Morning.” I smiled at him, and I grabbed another bowl of oats and blueberries.
Plenty of students crowded the girl with the hyena laugh again. Was she royalty too? Her table was always so full.
I sat down at a table close to Ashley and them, and they went all quiet. What was her problem with me? I did nothing to her.
A group of girls joined my table, but they didn’t speak to me as I ate my breakfast in silence.
I put my hoodie over my head and just wished I could disappear as they started chatting about their classes.
“Oh, my word. Look who just entered. Look, look.” The girl with the short brown hair spoke fast.
My gaze flickered to the direction they stared and I froze. It was Blake. I looked down immediately as hot flushes rushed through my body. What was he doing here?
“It’s like the second time,” one girl with red hair said. “He’s definitely looking for someone.”
“I don’t care who brings him here, he brightens my day,” another girl with green in her hair spoke, and they giggled as I plopped another spoon of oats into my mouth.
Was he a teacher here? That would be so my luck.
“We saw him yesterday on the first floor with the prince of Tith,” another girl said.
“Well, his sister is with us at orientation.”
I looked again and Blake spoke to the girl with the hyena laugh, and she had a smile with a raised eyebrow. Heat rolled down my body.
The girl’s lips moved, and everyone around them giggled. They were grating on my nerves.
