Detention for Us

This is the second part of Detention for Two - please read part one first before diving into Ivy & Carter's story.
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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.