NOAH'S POV

Penny and I walked out of our last class for the day. Good thing Penny managed to force me to come to college today—it felt like coming out of a suffocating room and finally breathing fresh air. After everything that happened, just being in the open again made me feel a bit alive.

Still, it was hard to keep up with lectures. We had missed a lot of classes due to the recent chaos. And honestly, with the way my life is spiraling, I've been thinking of dropping out altogether. Maybe ...