Lucien was there along with his friends but...a girl was sitting beside him
She leaned in way too close, touching his arm casually, laughing like they were already a thing. Her voice was sugar-sweet and confident
Eva Derrin
Who is that?
Mira Lennox
That’s Lena. Campus belle. Supposedly top scorer, full scholarship, and voted ‘most likely to become an actress’ in a survey she probably created herself.
*followed her gaze*
Eva Derrin
She always that close to him?
Mira Lennox
She’s had a crush on him for a year
Eva stared. Lena reached out, placed her hand on Lucien’s arm. Laughed again like she lived there.
Lucien Hart
*shifts away gently*
His arm moved out of reach. Calm expression on.
Lena blinked like she didn’t register it. Kept talking. Moved in again. Her fingers brushed his shoulder—like she was testing limits.
Eva Derrin
*tight grip on her drink. The barely-there glare. The way she looked away fast, as if that would hide it*
at the table
Lucien Hart
Please keep your distance, Lena
Lena Voss
Lucien, aren't we friends?
Camden Wolfe
Who want to be friends with a bitch👅
Theo Merier
*fix his glasses*
Theo Merier
My friend is uncomfortable, miss Voss
......
It had been three days.
Three days of Lena showing up wherever Lucien was.
Library? She was there, pretending to study beside him, flipping through books she didn’t read.
Cafeteria? Laughing too loud at nothing, always sitting right beside him, brushing her shoulder against his like it was casual.
Lucien ,calm. Blank. Like always.
Eva sat outside, under the tree near the library, her book open but unread.
Mira and Talia sat on either side of her, both watching her like she was a bomb with a timer
Talia River
You are not reading
Eva Derrin
I am trying
Talia River
You haven’t turned the page in ten minutes
*added*
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