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CHERRY HAD CHECKED HER LOCKER IN THE MORNING!
She was half-expecting to find another letter buried between her books, but there was nothing. As weird and offensive as the letter was, it wasn't like she could just confront Vivienne.
Sure, they were currently in an argument, but how many people were initialed with a V?
For all she knew, it could've been Vance. He was just as angry with her about the same subject.
Cherry glanced in Finney's direction. He stood on the opposite side of the library, standing over the donation pile. He always donated his old comics after he got enough use out of them.
Jasper Viven, another sophomore, sat beside Cherry on the couch in a secluded corner. He often searched for solitude in the library so he could draw, but Cherry had decided to interrupt that peace.
"Everyone knows you want him." Jasper informed, not having to look up to figure out who his friend's eyes were on. "Maybe he'll ask you to prom."
"Go back to drawing." Cherry deadpanned, reading her eyes from the boy across the room.
"Whatever you say." Jasper agreed sarcastically, continuing to sketch out the general shape of a human head.
The red-haired girl's gaze dropped to the sheet of paper beneath him.
It seemed like magic how the boy just knew where to place lines to bring an entire image together. A closer look at the features being planned made the girl almost gasp.
Her voice held a teasing tone. "Math class boy?"
"No. I don't know what makes you think that." Jasper lied easily.
"Okay." The girl dragged the o to emphasize her disbelief.
A couple of seconds of silence hung over the pair as Jasper tried to draw bits of the features one by one so the drawing wouldn't be so easily discernible.
Despite being inside a library, Cherry couldn't make herself keep her voice quiet.
"You won't believe who I saw." She began, holding her phone close to herself.
"With your 16-hour screen time, who haven't you seen?" Jasper didn't miss a beat.
"You've got jokes today. I saw Adrián. He has a buzzcut now."
"Why would he do that to himself? His head is shaped funny."
"That's really mean."
"I wouldn't have had to say it if he didn't get that shitty haircut."
