This is the second part of Detention for Two - please read part one first before diving into Ivy & Carter's story. → Start with Detention for Two. They kissed on a rooftop. Then summer came. And he vanished. After three months of silence, Ivy Vale walks back into Crestwood High expecting distance. Closure. Maybe even peace. What she doesn't expect? Carter Hayes standing in the hallway like nothing ever happened. Same hoodie. Same stare. Same storm behind his eyes. He said he needed time. She gave it to him. Now he's back-but so is the ache. And Ivy isn't the same girl who waited for a text that never came. Love doesn't always look like flowers and fireworks. Sometimes it looks like silence. And sometimes, like war.

He's the guy everyone warns you about- with fists full of trouble, ink on his skin, and a stare that dares you to look away. She's the girl no one notices- quiet, sharp, always two steps ahead and one word from setting everything on fire. When Ivy Lane calls out Carter Hayes in front of the entire class, it should've ended with silence. Instead, it ends with detention. Together. One empty classroom. Two stubborn hearts. And a thousand seconds where the tension cuts deeper than any insult. He calls her princess. She calls him predictable. But the longer they're stuck in the same room, the more obvious it becomes- Hate might be the safest thing they feel.