Chapter 7

“Hey.” Ace slid into the seat next to Indianna during the break, and she briefly looked up at him before looking back down at her notebook.

“Don’t do the silent thing with me,” he said with a laugh. “I know you talk to Greyson, and I am a lot nicer than Greyson.”

But you can’t talk to me in your head, she thought. She was a shy person, but she wasn’t with Greyson, and it was confusing her. Was it the whole mind-speaking thing? Or did she just feel… normal around him?

“Indianna?”

Indianna nervously bit the end of her pen and sighed, looking up at Ace. “…Hi.”

Ace smiled brightly at her. “Hey, so how are you finding it here?”

Indianna paused for a moment, pondering her answer. “Invasive,” she finally replied.

Ace laughed and grinned sheepishly at Indianna. “Sorry.”

She shrugged and looked back at her notebook