“I… I don’t know what to say,” I breathed, staring between her and my father. This almost felt undeserving after what happened this past week, but I was in such awe I could hardly form words. “Say you’ll accept,” Cassidy-Anne said with a fond smile. “I wouldn’t want anyone else to be my assistant.”

“Nobody knows, Bri. You can’t tell anybody,” I pleaded. She swiped my hand away but remained still as she stared around my desperate and serious face. “You’re being serious…” she whispered in awe. “He’s actually your mate…” I nodded my head once, keeping my eyes locked on hers. “I wish I wasn’t

“You don’t want to be my partner anymore?” I asked. “I was thinking, since I woke up, that Sarah is gone, and her partner will need a new partner. I could always be her partner…” “What about me?” I asked. “You’d have to talk to Professor Enzo about it,” Becca said with a shrug. “I just can’t trus

… I spent most of the afternoon in the library making flyers for volunteers. The first person I asked to join the committee was Rachel, but she said it wasn’t her thing, so I was stuck doing this completely by myself until others decided to join as well. Surprisingly it didn’t take very long for

“So, do you have a date for the dance?” Rachel asked the night before the dance. “No, I’m just going to go by myself,” I told her with a shrug. I was curled up in bed, exhausted after a long day. “That’s so lame,” Rachel laughed, shaking her head. “There’s nobody at all that you’re interested in?