sculine jaw went slack-everything about talking back to him made her heart race. She couldn'

e her class let out early, to grab a coffee be

et Girl!

er, waving her hand in the air like a lunatic. She stopped, place

id, brushing b

mazing! I tota

u snap. So, tell me you know

he coffee shop, holding the straps

chool together, and he is a j

he way he looked at you when you snapped at him. I th

't like me, Cat. He bullied me all through

r. He totally wants you. I could sense

no idea the torment he put her through. T

lass. "Anyway, where ar

ab a coffee, and then to get ready fo

shop with you. We'r

se she needed friends. It wa

ass windows. It felt very adultish and made Jane excited to be there. They bought a couple of coffee

ief when she slid it across the

from underneath the regist

l you to schedule an interview, but we definitely need mo

eny discoun

le Cat played on her phone. Jane handed it back to the bar

d, slurping the last bit of w

I've never really known what I want

gure it out. So don't rush. That's what college

il she found one she liked. No rush. No t

he building, and Cat s

your phone so I can put in my number. We nee

tairs when she bumped into someone, sending her back onto

n eyes kind, and his smile lopsided. His blondish hair was short on

picking up her backpack and handing

ing I finished my coffee back at the shop, o

ed. "I'm

an

ou, Jane. Are y

ed. "How'd

his hair. "I just haven't seen you a

finished. On th

until she squirmed uncomfortably. "I bette

and scribbled down something. "Here's my number. There is a party tomorr

d the popularity meter at their school. Because he didn't like her, no one else did either. But not now. He didn't

. I'll give

he card, catching the feeling that someone was watching her. Sh

d. Even from a distance, he looked like a Greek God, and she hated

r the last four years. Ballsy, he was. She turned around, ignorin

Your bullying no longer h

*

walked toward the coffee shop to introduce herself to the manage

d chatting over late afternoon coffee. A short woman with a stylish black bob and an apron s

I get you?

Jane William. I came by this morning and filled o

pulled out Jane's sheet. She glanced at Jan

ghed. "S

ve applied to come by and introduce themselves. You filled out everything and gave me your schedule on the back. Come

her squeal

it. "Thank you so much! I

I know I won't. S

igh school bully showing up and ruining the day, she felt on top of

lot and sped toward her apar

of her stomach. She only had a few seconds to go, so she gripped her palms around the steering wheel and kept forward. That's when she noticed something

ke out exactly what it was, only that it darted into the tree

little and would run around in their yard. She always felt like someone watched her when she was younger. Now those shadows of her childhood