Chapter Ten

*Caroline*

First day of class, I arrive at Dr. Cartwright’s lecture hall early to get the best seat, which is center and front.

I’m working on setting up my workspace when I hear loud laughter from outside. The doors burst open, and in walk Dillon and Noah, two peacocks entering a new courtyard. You can almost hear “We Are The Champions” blaring in the background as their theme music. Puffed up and preening, they walk down the center stairs of the lecture hall toward the front row. Everyone in the room goes silent, and I gape as some of the students sitting around me on the front row get up to make room for them.

Fuck that shit. I’m not moving.

I’ve been in classes with football guys, and they always do this. They should just walk up and piss on the chalkboard to mark their territory already.

Noah walks forward, getting perilously close to where I am, and looks for a seat.

“Hey, Noah. You can sit her