Yeah.
That sounded accurate.
Too accurate.
MASON
I texted her before I even thought about it.
Mason:
Did you get the assignment email?
Three dots.
Stopped.
Started again.
Rowan:
Yes.
Short.
Careful.
That alone told me enough.
I stood outside the gym, phone in hand, ignoring Luca calling my name behind me.
Mason:
This is going to be annoying.
Rowan:
I agree.
Pause.
Mason:
Coach is already acting like it’s a test.
Rowan:
It probably is.
That made me exhale through my nose.
Because she wasn’t wrong.
ROWAN
I walked back to campus slower than usual.
Not because I had time.
