97. Betrothed

KERN

"What are you doing here?" I asked him.

"I should be asking you that question. What are you doing here? In this college? Don't tell me that you really switched schools, so you'll be close to Anya? Do you really think she'd care about something like this?" He asked me.

"And what does it have to do with you anyway? You're not Anya. And the last time I checked, I don't think you two are that close to each other" I replied.

"You don't know that. I have known her since she got into this school two years ago. We are close...I can tell you for sure that she isn't interested in you. It's clear from her face!" Derrick said.

I scoffed at how confident he sounded. "Is that so? Does she know that you've known her for that long? What do you think she will say when she finds out that you are saying these things to me? Do you think she will be happy about it?" I asked him.

I really wanted to know where he got the courage to tell me this.

"Don't tell you're going to go tell her? I thought