Chapter 67 - SIXTY SEVEN
- HAZEL -
As much as I’d enjoy being his bed potato and let him take care of me, I have classes to attend and a life to live. Hence, school resumes.
And not even this cold can shield me from skipping school. Especially not when I barely escaped the first time I missed classes.
I plug my ears with my air pods as loud chatter fills the hall the moment the professor exits. We have another class in fifteen minutes. I could go get some fresh air, but I won’t risk it.
I turn to the side and dip my hand inside my bag, taking my water bottle out. I open it and drink some water. Now I carefully drop it back and return to making highlights with markers on my book pages. I’m only marking the most important parts to reread later.
We haven’t had tests in a while and I fear it’s right around the corner. The good part about that is if it happens unannounced, I’ll be prepared.
I check the time on my phone which is on the books on my desk. I have ten minutes till the next class starts. That’s good. I still have a lot of time to cover this page.
I go on my Spotify to change the song playing in my ears and drop my phone back, if I hold my phone for too long, I’ll get distracted. My phone has been buzzing with messages since that dinner and I didn’t tell anyone about me drowning. Not even my parents or Kate.
With the recent attention I’m getting from my friends, the least I want is for them to worry about me more. I’m sure Patty and everyone else would book a flight just to see me. That would be nice but I’d rather not.
If they find out, it won’t take long till my parents do and I want to avoid all of that. I also didn’t tell Kate because she has been invested in a lot of things recently.
Remember that time we joked about her uncle dying? It seems the universe took that to heart. Kate’s uncle, her mom’s brother, is terribly sick and her mom’s side of the family