CHAPTER 17

My eyes wandered over to Alex. He was there scribbling down some notes before the big final exam. It was odd seeing him this way due to the fact that I never would've guessed he'd take school so seriously.

The second he looked up from the paper to look at me, I quickly looked away and back at the front. My hand moved to grab ahold of the pencil before placing it in my bag seeing how the period was about to end. Just as I zipped my bag back up, the bell signaled off allowing us to finally be free from this hell for about an hour to go to lunch.

Alex grabbed ahold of my bag before I had a chance to get it, and waited for me to get up.

"Have a good rest of your day! Don't forget we have our final assessment tomorrow," our teacher, Mrs. Parker, shouted out just as we were walking out of the room. History was most definitely not my best subject, but based on my observations, Alex loved it.

"Now, we have lunch," I tell him just as we pass by her still shouting out reminders that everyone w