Chapter 27

~Empty~

That feeling when

You're not necessarily feeling sad

But you just feel really empty.

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Unknown

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Tessa, Jake, and I walk towards the cafeteria, our faces are worn out and our bodies are weakened from Mr Duncan's long session. I've always enjoyed his English class, however, today's different, with Ryan constantly on my mind I can barely concentrate.

Tessa's nudging causes me to snap out of my thoughts and face her piercing blue eyes.

She definitely knows something's up and as much as I would love to tell her, I can't.

"You look different," she says as her prying eyes linger on me.

"No, I don't," I reprimand. I know she's not talking about how I'm physically looking, but rather how I'm acting. There's been a switch to how I'm behaving, how I'm talking, how I'm thinking, the tone in my voice -- it's all so conspicu