Unwritten Desires

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dn't re

ackground and I could hear the soft chatter of the other people

ing me, I co

en't on the equation. They were on me but the second o

n," I murmured, tapping my

tion." He said, so

ing back in my seat with my arms crossed. "Okay the

of A minus lambda I, you get a quadratic equation." He explained, slowly taking the pen from my hands. "Factor it, and you'll see

ew it this w

e. "I was just paying attention." He

n eye roll, somewhat relieved that

pping through the textbook absentmindedly,

ight tone as he got up. "I gue

e hall that I realized I was raising my voice. "What are you talking

library. "The place we normally go to cool off our

eird smile as I struggled

aking the books from me. "You're seriously scaring me rig

ean...do you even remember what happened the last two times we were at the arcade

n get myself into s

had no idea what he was talking about but from the glint in his eyes and the way he wa

ay to convince him without

ickered to the side as I tucked a loose s

Maybe I should consider going into a

was just a ten minute walk away. By the time we got to the arcade, I turned to Jake

I already knew the answer and I didn't want to hear

re was something raw beneath it. Something that made my chest tighten. "...then why are you acting strange, Thea? Why are you suddenly avoidi

e be talking about? D

o

or almost kissed, things

iffer

ght my breath just in time, stifling t

did t

...but then again, this was Sofia's story and not Thea so it

e back and confirm his doubts. We were on the sidewalk for cryi

excuses whenever we're together." He moved even closer, trappin

Thea did confess their feelings to each othe

e her bes

ether now, why didn'

ir relationship from

relationship, why wasn't Jake worried a

questions but Jake didn't

I do someth

e, I

se and get out of the way?" A voice inter

back collided with the wall and for a second, all I cou

ke and I didn't need anyone to tell me to kno

voice sound a bi