#Chapter349
/"I’m fourteen, and I don’t need more friends. I met some kids at school that are okay. I prefer to just do things by myself./" I stare at what I’m doing and sigh heavily, trying to zone him out and not give him more attention than necessary, irritated and I don’t even know why. I realize that my panic attack is gone, it’s fizzled out and so has the fear, instead there’s an air of unease that’s not even that overwhelming. I glance up at him again and no longer feel like I should bolt out of his presence.
I guess maybe he’s more like Jake than I realized, and maybe that’s all it is. He has that same vibe of good guy and an air of calm that sort of says ‘I won’t cross a line’. Right now, he looks shocked, sort of gawping at me in disbelief and I guess he really did think I was older. I wonder idly where Sylvana is and realize I can’t even hear her out in the hall anymore.
