MEL
The funny thing about being a coward is that it’s easy. I made it through the rest of the first day without seeing Delilah or Liam, only bumping into Taylor as I headed into my last block Art class. She dutifully ignored me for the whole class, telling me she was not as excited about my friendship with Delilah as she pretended to be.
But the next morning, Dario was off to work early, and Azeron was racing out the door as soon as he finished his coffee. That left me to get to school on my own. It wasn’t unusual or impossible. But it did present an opportunity. An opportunity I knew was a bad idea but seemed the easiest solution to my problem.
I skipped my first class. I simply showed up to school as the bell for the end of first block rang out, slipped in the front door, and went a
