Chapter 16

CRYSTAL POV

“God, not again.” I heaved out loud as I raced down the corridor to my class.

I don’t know why, but Mondays had to be made in China. Something just had to happen right when I had Mr. Grumpy’s class at 9, and on Monday. I seriously didn’t understand what the universe was really playing at this time.

“Ouf!” A puff of breath left my lungs when I bumped into someone, but I was too far gone to even see who it was.

“Sorry,” I said already racing down. At long last, I arrived at my door and took a good calming minute. 9 minutes. Well, that wasn’t bad. If my memory serves me right, he told me if I was more than 10 minutes late, I might as well die. But I was early.

With that, I tapped the door slightly before pushing it open. As usual, the class was packed. Even those who never bothered to show up for classes were here. Duncan had to be a people magnet or something.

I peeked through the door by my head first, then entered slowly. I chanced a look at him to find him glaring at hi