RA'S
ps increasing as the ima
the blue eyes staring intensely at m
narl rips through the silence and claws reach out, wrapping around my ne
ckering, shifting too
around the room in fear, waiting for the creatures wh
hile. It's probably because of the
year should feel like an
't make out. Or maybe it's the fact that the Andersons are taking in an exchange student toda
from the bedside tab
ake my bath. I start putting on my clothes and packing my books for sc
m. She's always smiling, always gentle, and I don't think she and He
s more than I can say fo
er my shoulder and follow her downstairs, wh
k my sit. I expected to already see him here
"Jon Drago. He is from Australia. I must sa
s face which means that this
hen." Ava serves me some pancakes with a k
rrow my brows
d to make friends and this might
e guy. And I have a lo
ore than enough time to get to know each
Six mont
duration for the
overthinking. I feel a hand on mine a
along just fine." I nod in r
to home, learning how to keep my distance. I ha
and thankfully, I'm able
*
e. Girl, I cannot! I repeat! I c
s, and students who either pretend I don't exist or glance my wa
ine. Her purple-streaked hair is tied into a messy bun, and she's already
psycho,"
ng today. Apparently, he's Australian an
ess, darling?" I ask her i
t of that Australian juice." I
Ew
n you not be excited? This is a once-in-a-lifetime event. A
fore I can reply
es. Then, the scent hits me- earthy, fresh, something almost electr
there
nothing to hide the lean muscle underneath. His dark hair is tousled
Dr
w hou
get how to breathe. His expression shifts, something like s
se green eyes... T
amming, the faint scent of cheap cafeteria food clinging to the air.
I see
stening to one of the school administra
between strangers. His expression flickers, something like
ut hesitati
r him like they feel something I don't. I dart a glance at Cali, expecting
he's in fr
and offers a lopsided smil
s he know my nam
. "I'm Jon Drago. I just moved here from Australia. Don't be c
sely he's watching me. But after a beat, I
t our pal
jo
trange, pulling sensation, deep and instinctive,
rip on my hand tigh
he leans in, just enough
rm against my ea
at