I ran over to the door and banged on it as loud as I could for a while, then pulled it open. I found Aaron still at the door, facing me as if he had stood waiting for me. My breath hitched as, once again, our faces came extremely close.

"You're a nightmare, Zera. In case no one has told you that before, I want to be the first." He said this, stepping forward, and this made me back away. "One minute, you look happy, and the next, you're a walking chaos."

I didn't want to be a ...