CHAPTER 15: Improper Thoughts

Have you ever been painfully aware of someone's presence?

You could feel their gaze on your skin.

You were attuned to their every move.

You could feel the heat radiating off their skin.

Your nose filled with the smell wafting off their skin.

Your skin begins to get hot from the inside.

Every single thing they do seems to have an effect on you.

I was seated beside Luka though not by choice. Dolly on the insistence of Maya had gotten up so that Tammy could sit beside Maya and had taken the other empty space beside a guy whom I didn't know. The only other empty space was between Luka and this guy. If the guy would just move a little, I could have had space to sit beside Dolly and not sandwich myself between the two guys but I couldn't muster the courage to tell him to move.

When we arrived, JJ had gotten up to bring me a drink and pressed a paper cup whose content looked like orange juice into my hands.

I didn't drink it. At this moment I was convincing myself not to tur