Chapter 24. Dreaming

CELINE’s POV

‘‘Excuse me, Miss Lauren… but do you know the solution to this conundrum...?’’ The professor in my Calculus lesson drowned me out with my thoughts as I scribbled down some notes, largely the keywords I detected in his lengthy presentation, and I sighed in boredom because I was already familiar with all of this information.

‘‘Sure, Sir…’’ I rolled my eyes as I got up out of my seat and scribbled the answer down on the black board, which earned me a compliment from Professor Kramer. This was the first week that I came back from school and I really don’t see the point of wasting everyone’s time by repeating information they already taught last year.

As soon as the instructor began to explain my answer to everyone, I sighed and went back to my seat.

‘‘You must find this lesson dull, doesn't it?’’ A man with a deep voice muttered to me as he leaned in and got far too close to me; in fact, I can smell the minty breath that was hitting my flushed cheek as he d