Clasping a box of Swirl Scoops Ice Cream in my hands, I stared at the elevator floor. Well, I hadn’t wanted to see Professor Patton anyway. He was probably with some girl like Heather and hadn’t answered his door when I knocked because I had completely overstepped our boundaries. Being at Radiant was different than being with him in real life. I should know better. I should f*****g know better. I should know better. I should f*****g know better.I stepped out of the elevator and frowned. Stupid me couldn’t stop thinking about him all week, so much so that I had come up with the lamest excuse to buy a box of his favorite ice cream that I had eaten all of on Monday night and— Someone stepped in front of me, seized the back of my neck, and moved forward, causing me to stumble back into the

