“Hey Aelita!” Odd looked up, giving me his goofball smile. xxx 18 “I’ll be right—” A pain shot through my chest, cutting me off. The surface was cold and made me feel slightly better. Jeremie and Odd were already sitting at the usual table, Odd trying to talk Jeremie into giving him his croissant. The pain went as quickly as it came, and I straightened up, looking at myself in the mirror. “I think he went to the gym to practice some Pencak Silat before class.”
“I think I’ll go pay him a visit.”
I got up and left the lunchroom, trying to erase Jeremie’s disappointed face from my mind. He looked so beautiful in his black uniform, his muscles showing. We weren’t close friends, but she had helped me several times in my time at Kadic.




















