Ring of Love

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Ally's pov:

"Is it just me, or are people looking at us?" Sophia asks, picking up a slice of her pizza while taking a glance around the dining hall. 

"See, I'm not crazy!" I say, throwing my arms up in the air while giving a look to Claire and Zoe, who laugh at me.

I knew it wasn't just me. Every time I look up, it seems as if at least one person is looking our way.

It's starting to get a bit annoying.  How can a girl eat in peace when people keeping looking over at us? 

It makes me self-conscious. Do I have food on my face? Am I eating weirdly? Do I have food in my hair like Zoe did earlier today?

I wish someone would just come up to me and tell me, it would at least end my misery.

"I still think you're crazy," Zoe mutters under her breath, earning herself a whack in the arm from me.

Sophia and Claire giggle at us, before Claire comes up with an idea, "Why don't we just ask someone?"

"Isn't that a bit weird though? What if you're wrong." Zoe says.

Claire looks around a bit before she points, "What about her? I met her at the party last night, and she was super nice. She would know if something happened."

And before any of us could stop her, Claire waves the poor girl down from her seat, which causes Zoe, Sophia, and I to look away, embarrassed.

As if we didn't need any more attention drawn to us...

"Why are we friends with her again?" Zoe whispers to me, which makes me hide a laugh.

A great question indeed. 

"Hey, Claire!" The girl walks over. She was a small, petite girl with ginger hair and wide, green eyes. 

I do recall seeing her at the party, she was with a bigger group at the other side of the living room. They must have met when Zoe and I were upstairs. 

"Hey Bre, these are my friends, Sophia, Zoe, and Ally." We give Bre a small wave. 

"Nice to meet you girls! Too bad I didn't see you three last night at the party, Claire was telling me all about you."

"Good things I hope." I joke.

"Debatable." Claire teases.

"All good things. Now, is there a good reason as to why you flagged me down from the other side of the dining hall?" Bre jokes, putting her hand on her hip. 

"Good reason, of course. We've noticed that some people were giving us looks, and I know you usually are in the loop about what happens around here, so by chance do you know what that's about." Claire asks. 

She laughs, "You don't know?"

The four of us share a look.

"Don't know what?" I ask, a bit scared of her answer.

Is there some rumor going around about us that everyone knows of? What could have possibly happened in the few days we've been here?

Could it be about the party last night? News shouldn't travel around that quickly though. 

This school has about a total of 12,000 undergraduate students. I refuse to believe that rumors are a thing. 

She shakes her head as if she couldn't believe us, "the three of you," she points to Claire, Zoe, and I, "got walked back to your dorm by Axel Stone"

There was a long pause as the four of us look at each other in confusion. 

Axel? What could he possibly have to do with this?