JESSE HARDING'S POV I doubt I have ever been so busy.Keeping Elijah away from Fatima. She would not be reasoned with, so I have to make sure he was safe. When he moved, I moved right next door to him.Then he shaved his head.The entire school thought he was doing it for the protest, I think that increased his fan base, only I knew he did it to focus on his books, completely unaware of the war he caused at school. Staying close to him was fun, I could not stop staring at him, in the library, in class, when we walked back to the apartment, me a few steps behind. The only bad part about it was Fatima, I flinched whenever someone came too close to him, running to put space between them. That’s when I got my own nick name,Tyrant protector. I scoffed, it was only tacky, not untrue.One evening, while he studied in the library, I sat close enough to him, and where my eyes remained on the entrance and exit, in case Fatima snuck in or something. My fingers shook as I try to
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