Leila's POV

　　"Do you want to go with me to the library?" Chloe, my roommate, asked so brightly that her green eyes shone with friendliness.

　　I looked up from my bed where I had been pretending to read the same page of some textbook for half an hour. "Uh, maybe later," I lied with a forced smile. "I'm just, not feeling it right now."

　　Chloe angled a head to one side, and the bouncy curls of blond hair obligingly followed the action. "Leila, you've been ...