Jessa

By the time the final bell rang, my brain felt like overcooked pasta.

I had spent all day trying not to float off the planet.

Noah Carter asked me to Homecoming.

And I said yes.

And he said yes back.

And then I spent every class after that pretending to take notes while internally screaming.

Now I was at my locker, trying to remember how to exist like a normal person, when Mariah appeared like she’d been waiting for this moment since birth.

She slammed her locker ...