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Rami didn’t respond His lips thinned out as color continued to drain from his cheeks

“I don’t want to see you hovering around the school anyer through the air, feeling like I was repri a student “If you do, I can call someone to have you taken away I can’t have your cocky sensibilities souringoff you in waves”

Suddenly, I burst to the side of thethe trail around the back I stor behind me

I could still feel Rah the crowd and back through the entrance For afor the sound of him But after a few minutes, I knew I’d left him safely behind I was on my own

When I got home, I fell into my bed and shuddered, the scarf still wrapped around my chest and shoulders I could still feel Ra hter on my lips, in memory of his sharp wit

I wrote it down in ht

I justabout him Am I doomed? Will I ever fall in love with soht so hard to see me—when I’m a literal nobody from South Dakota?

I had a million questions, but I knew that they’d never be answered Rami was safely a part of my past I forcedif I’d ever find happiness, or love

Chapter 6

Rami

Angie darted fro I watched her go froh the crowd and out into the evening streets I felt punched by her words Staggering back, I blinked wildly, waiting for the anger to pass But instead, it grew stronger in my chest, in my stomach

You think you’re God’s gift to the world, but you’re nothing