Chapter 6

Run

Jeremy

“You look terrible,” Christina tells me when she comes to sit with me and Eva in the cafeteria before going to PE. The cafeteria’s become our usual spot for hanging out because we can talk shit and no one will hush us the way they would if we were in the library. The only disadvantage is I can’t smoke in here- I mean I tried and Chris and Eva were going to kill me.

I’m finishing my third coffee and that better be my last one as I’m starting to get restless. Eva’s struggling with the package of her second Reese’s bar and I’m pretty sure she has at least two more in her backpack.

“And you’re exceptionally pretty today,” I reply and lean back in my chair. I’m sure she’s torn between thanking me and checking whether today she looks better than she normally does. She’s most likely opted for the first