Kiss her on thin Ice
Do not give them the satisfaction.
“There she is,” someone murmurs, not even bothering to be quiet about it. “Didn't think she'd actually show her face.”
I want to disappear. I don't. I walk like I own the hallway, because that's the only trick I know.
By second period I've perfected the art of pretending I don't hear anything. By lunch, I've almost convinced myself it's working.
Then I turn the corner by the courtyard, and there they are.
Maddox and Rita. Hand in hand. Laughing about something, his head bent close to hers like she's the funniest, most fascinating person on the planet. Like he didn't spend two years telling me I was.