CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
There is a never ending smile on my face that I can’t wipe off when I walk beside Dylan and Jax the following morning on our way to the lockers. Maybe this is what liking someone should feel like. Not the ever ending edginess of trying not to f**k up. Ella is leaning by her friend’s locker, chatting animatedly about something while they wear full smiles. I grab my math book, turning two my two friends casually talking about the upcoming game on Wednesday.
“I’ll catch you guys later,” I say, not waiting for their response before walking over to the two girls.
“So you and Adam are a real thing now?” Rita is speaking when I get there.
“Verified,” I answer instead of Ella and they both look up, color immediately spreading on Ella’s pretty cheeks. I dip down, placing a qu
