Chapter 53: Daisy

##Chapter 53: Daisy

I hightail it from the classroom and decide to text Olivia to see if she wants to meet for lunch. Just as I'm about to race down the stone steps, my eyes collide with somber gray ones. I pause and my breath hitches.

I wasn't expecting him to stick around. Carter raises a tentative hand in greeting and I do the same as I move in his direction. The breeze picks up and the scent of his aftershave hits me. Sadness pools in my belly.

Carter shifts his weight from one foot to the other and looks as uncomfortable as I feel. He glances away for a heartbeat and refocuses his gaze on me. I long to reach out and bridge the distance. But it's not just physical, it's emotional as well.

He squints against the autumn sunlight. "Do you have a few moments to talk?"

"Sure." For two weeks, all I've wanted is to have a conversation with Carter and now that I'm being given the opportunity, I don't know what to say.

"Good." His shoulders tense as he points to a couple of pic