THE NEXT DAY

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

POV MARCELINE

Sitting next to Sharon in the ceremony hall, I was about to die from heat exhaustion. Graduation had been canceled from being held outside due to the rainstorm thundering outside. Instead, we were sitting inside the stuffy ceremony hall with the heat cranked.

All of the students graduating were fanning themselves with the graduation pamphlets. Sharon's curly hair was hanging limp and sticking to her neck. But our ...