Sophia

I looked calmly up at Elijah, who was staring at me with a surprised expression. On the inside, though, I was the furthest thing from calm.

Was he…serious?

“U-um,” he stuttered, blinking at me.

I frowned. “If you’re not free, just go wherever you were going.”

It was taking him too long to answer, and I lost the courage I’d had when I opened the door. I’d waited so long, because I didn’t want this to be another of his pranks, and I managed to psych myself up for it. But of course, how could it not be a joke?

“Wait!”

I was turning around to close the door again when his shout came, and I froze immediately. My heart practically skipped a beat, and I looked cautiously at Elijah. He took wide strides to close the space between us, and my hand clenched hard on the door.

“I’m free. Right now. Have you eaten lunch? We can go right now.”

I watched him for a long moment. He looked different today, and not just because he looked like he’d bothered to get dressed up. The expression on his face lo