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CHAPTER 43

LENA.

I went home with the school bus today which was uncommon. I had to ignore the students staring at me in curiosity. I usually went home with Leah in her car so I was barely ever joining the school bus back home. I walked all the way to the back of the bus and flopped into my seat before taking out my phone and my airpods and blocking my ears with music.

I was just getting drowned into the music when I felt a depression on the space beside me. My eyes remained closed for a while and I willed my body not to respond to the change in atmosphere.

But my mind yearned to know who it was because I was already hit by a familiar scent. A scent I was quite getting used to. One that made me feel more comfortable than I ever wanted to be.

"Fancy seeing you here. Don't you have a Ferrari or something?"

"Don't you have a motorcycle you use to draw nearly every girl in Willow High?"

The corners of his eyes crinkled as he laughed and a few students looked back. The