Serena was not in the mood to see nor talk to anyone after being rejected by a man for the first time in her two lifetimes.
'Breathe in, breathe out. Serena, you can't blame him for rejecting you. Aside from the day when Leonard introduced you and when your eyes met during the assembly, you have not met each other nor spent time with each other. It's your own fault that you assumed too much. Not because you felt like you already know him, which you kinda do by reading the novel, means that he knows you. But.... Why does this hurt so much... it feels like my heart is being pierced and I can't breath properly.' Serena told herself as she held her aching chest while walking back towards her dorm.
When she arrived back, she went inside her bedroom, shedding some tears of heartbreak and frustration.