Chapter 5

Josephine’s POV

What happened next looked like something cut out of a movie script. I saw Carmen’s hand swoop me suddenly, saving me from landing on my back on the floor.

“Are you okay?” he asked, staring down at me.

I gulped hard, my heart rate increasing by the second. The handsome dude that had sent me almost crashing to the floor was staring at me in the most awkward way, and so was Elle. I could almost hear her cursing me from her heart.

“I’m okay,” I managed to say as I struggled to stand by myself again. Carmen let go of me carefully.

But everyone’s eyes were still boring into me like I was the modern version of Alice in Wonderland.

“I’m okay,” I repeated, chuckling uneasily. “It must be my body acting up. I’m probably running low on sugar.” I lied.

It was a clumsy lie, but I hoped it made sense to them.

“Oh my!” Brooklyn cooed. She was moving closer to me. “You have a medical condition?” Her eyes suddenly turned sympathetic. “Y