“I don’t want to force students to—” “It seems you just don’t want to do your job,” he snapped, cutting her off once again. “This is a school, and you are the headmaster. The students don’t get to pick their roommates and we certainly aren’t going to deny a student a bed just because others are

Lila’s POV As soon as class ended, I went to the library to meet up with Kay. She was already there and hard at work when I arrived. She looked up at me and smiled when I sat down. “Ready to get to work?” I asked, grabbing one of her open notebooks and an extra pen. She nodded eagerly and showed

Lila’s POV “Lila, are you okay?” Rachel asked, peering at me with a frown. I couldn’t take my eyes off Alex who sat at one of the tables across the dining hall. My face was red with fury. I hadn’t had a chance to confront him after Brianna told me he rejected her. I certainly wasn’t going to let

Lila’s POV My alarm went off at 7 a.m. on the dot. I almost took it and threw it across the room, but I knew today was a very important day and I needed to be up early to prepare for it. I certainly wasn’t prepared already despite Rachel and Becca hassling me about it. “Wake up, sleepy head!”

Lila’s POV I was amazed at how many people were at the assembly hall; students were lined up outside the doors, waiting for them to unlock so they could enter. It was the entire school basically; I knew this was a mandatory event for everyone, but I didn’t think they’d all be here at the same time