Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Questions and Queen Bees

To say that my emotions were scattered, especially in lower, wetter places, would be an understatement. And it was already lunch time, two hours after Ethan had left me panting in the empty classroom that he’d dragged me to, which I discovered was his chemistry lab. How ironic.

“Because you matter.”

His words kept bouncing in my head even as I sat down in my usual seat at the back of the cafeteria facing the window. I almost forgot that Nick had come back as I watched him desperately trying to evade the queen bees to get to me, lunch trays in hand.

“Hey!” he said plopping down beside me, his back to the window.

“Here’s your favorite, cheese and black pepper sandwiches and apple juice. Your big secret’s still safe so it’s my treat.” he said, handing my tray over and then unwrapping the double-decker chicken cheese burger on his