Honestly, I didn’t even want to get up this morning. After I almost kissed Jem, I practically ran back to my own tent without even saying goodnight to him. I’m sure he thought I was awkward and weird, but I didn’t know what to do. My heart ached, my body tingled, and I wasn’t entirely sure what was going on with me. Throughout the night I kept placing my hand on my chest, where my heart is, and trying to heal myself, trying my best to make the searing pain go away. What was happening to me? Was I dying of some unknown ailment? Did someone poison me? I couldn’t figure anything out and I ended up tossing and turning all night long until I finally fell into a restless sleep before dawn broke.
I could tell by the position of the sun in the sky that it was noon when Ana finally came a
