Chapter 155

An overwhelming feeling of anxiety and awkwardness spread through me. I felt sick. It upset me knowing everyone was making her feel like that. It was the first time I wished I could blend in with the crowd. Be just another guy walking with his girl. "It won't always be like this. They'll get bored and gossip about something else next week. We're just a hot topic until something else happens." "In all the time we've been at school, you've never not been gossip, Adan." The corner of her lips lifted slightly.