All Chapters of Letters from the future: Chapter 11

The letter sat on her desk all night, taunting her: He’s gone. And that’s only the beginning.Ava couldn’t close her eyes without seeing Eli’s face as he walked away, the hurt in his eyes like knives. She’d replayed their fight a hundred times, whispered different words into the dark, begged herself to have stayed silent. But none of it changed the truth: she had lost him.And now, according to the letter, that was only step one.–––The next morning, the world carried on like nothing had cracked in two. Kids chattered in the halls, teachers droned about equations, and Ava drifted through it all, numb.She spotted Eli once across the cafeteria. He didn’t look her way. Didn’t even flinch when she lingered, just long enough to hope.Her stomach sank lower than she thought it could go.By last period, her body was buzzing with restless dread. She couldn’t stay here, pretending her life hadn’t just detonated. As soon as the bell rang, she slipped out of the building, ignoring the teacher