(Luca) I was in my room with my books spread out on the desk. My pen tapped against the page as I tried to focus on the homework in front of me. Numbers, lines, and notes all blurred together. I sighed and rubbed my eyes before leaning back in the chair. The work was not hard. I could finish it if I wanted. The problem was my mind. It kept going back to earlier, when Elias had been sulking again. He had looked upset, like something had gone wrong, but he had not told me why. I knew Avery had been with Jackson and me earlier, but I could not be sure that was the reason. He was probably jealous, but he had not said it. I smiled thinking about how I had hugged him, and how he had fought me like it was the end of the world. He hated every second of it, or at least that was what he said, but

