Chapter 13

Arya

“What?” I splutter. I almost drop the schedule because of shock. “Why would you leave me? Where are you going?”

“I have my own classes to attend to,” Arthur says with a small laugh. “I’ll come pick you up after school, okay?”

“But. . . .”

I trail off as he pats my head and leaves. I no longer have anything to say. I stare at my schedule and find that I have six classes containing the basics. I’m actually excited to learn and to participate, but this whole thing is making me nervous.

I turn around and almost leave the office when a girl’s voice suddenly speaks behind me.

“Hey! You’re the new girl, right? Arya Stafford?”

The sound of a different last name makes me frown, but I turn around anyway. I look at my schedule again and see that my last name is indeed Stafford. I don’t know why I’m expecting it to be different. Maybe it’s because I had a different last name in my old life?

But actually, I’m quite glad to see and hear the change.

“Yeah, that’s me.” I smile at the blonde gir