Falling For Asher

e neon flyers and banners have finally been taken down.

class is a free period used to study or to catch up on homework. I had nothing

th two of the classrooms used for yearbook and photography.

uggling the cra

e in white paint creaks open. The art teacher is a young

m down right over here." She

. This is an advanced art class, only holding six stude

anvases that she wanted m

owards the back of

ing, taking his earbuds out. "Yeah?" He asks

some supplies that jus

me curiously as

g to see if he is following. By the sound

. After our short conversation, I assumed that we would go back

ing each other lightly. I tense imme

Zoey I know

ogether, aware of my pro

against my shoulder. Our height differe

ll me off, I'll

n. "You've alway

n for me, as well ent

ch as he picks up

him of all the times where he was p

box. I struggle more than Asher does which explains

s in trouble, "

tting us both sick and grounded for persistin

memory, "Alright,

oxes down. The teacher thanks me again an

hered my things from the classroom. I spot Meliss

She says, j

d out. Seniors are allowed to get to the cafeteria five minutes before everyone

at our usual table. It's near the middle, where m

chool. Although there a lot of people who belong to no gr

up. My friends have a sport or club that they

es. Paige seems to know just about everythin

d The Breakfast Club." She pouts. "It's a rule

watched a few minutes of it

s Paige gasps. "You can't judge an

itely has

and I watch in amusement

n the table in front of us. Asher sits with his friends a

r eyes connecting for a few seconds until I break e

t happened at her sixteenth birthday party. The r

im at all costs. And because I'm her

ts with a question about which

I say without