Lily's POV
I could not remember the last time I laughed this much.
Oh, I did. It was with Ren, I thought as Chelsea and Rhea giggled about something else that I might have smiled at if I had been paying attention.
"Hey, are you alright?" Rhea asked me, putting a gentle hand on my shoulder and I nodded with a smile, for the first time believing that it was true.
"I'm okay. I promise."
"You kind of zoned out just now , didn't you?" Chelsea added, observant as ever and I shrugged, embarrassed to explain that the reason I had zoned out this time had nothing to do with what happened at school but because I was thinking about Ren.
My heart clenched for a second as the memory of his livid face flashed in my head.
"I just wanted to say you missed the best part of the story. Tell me where
