By the time I get back to my room after geography, I feel drained.
Today has thrown me in more ways than I could have predicted.
Jen isn't here, which works for me right now. I don't want conversation or her infuriating insight. I just need a little time to sit and think.
I change out of my uniform and into gym clothes, pull on a long cardigan, and then step into the little private garden.
Lowering myself onto one of the loungers, I draw my knees to my chest and look out across the lake.
For a few minutes, I watch a solitary duck cut slowly through the water. Ducks had it good. No faeries would be delivering earth-tilting news to them at a university stand that offered a wealth of intriguing options in the glossiest format imaginable.
With a quiet exhale I allow myself think about th
