EMMA’s POV:
“Girl, where have you been? I feel like I haven’t seen you in weeks!” Tiff exclaimed dramatically.
Normally I would call her out for being a drama queen, but she wasn’t completely wrong this time. Yes, I had been MIA, missing in action, for the past couple of days and I couldn’t tell my friends where I went. Not unless I wanted to be interrogated by the FBI.
Because yes, I was spending a lot of time with Mr. Hayes—I mean, Ian.
“Sorry, I’m just a little busy with… my art portfolio,” I said as I closed my lockers shut. The last period bell hand rang, but my friends had stopped me before I could leave school premises.
“That thing’s not due until the end of the school year. We still have, like eight months,” Carrie argued.
“I know, but I’ve been feeling ver
