Skylar's POV "Oh, I didn't know you'd be here." Blake spoke up once I opened my front door. Though the familiar smirk on his face clearly told me otherwise.  I looked at him anxiously and stayed within the doorframe. My throat felt too dry and my hands felt too clammy with sweat. I noticed how much different he looked from Caden; eyes the exact same shade as the blue T-shirt he was wearing, and his hair almost the exact same shade as Alex's— just a bit lighter. They did not look like brothers in appearance. Maybe he

Skylar's POVMy parents had always told me to never answer or even open texts from unknown numbers, and I've always obeyed. But this time when I received one, I was way too curious to not open it.And that all happened in my Chemistry class. Mr Nicholas was pacing in front of his desk, gesturing with his hands as he tried explaining us the different types of inorganic chemical reactions.I was trying my best to concentrate on the words coming out of his mouth, trying to remember all that he was explaining, but it seemed way too impossible at that moment. Unlike Hanna sitting beside me, I wasn't even making notes. Something felt wrong in this classroom. I just couldn't pay attention; one way or another, my mind would wander off to something else. Like why the kid in front of me was tapping his foot repeatedly. Or why Mr Nicholas's hair was s

 Skylar's POV"I'm kind of surprised these days." Alex spoke up as he drove out of my driveway.I picked up the cup of coffee he brought for me and wrapped my fingers around it. It was scalding hot, too strong for me—and exactly perfect to scare off the heavy sleep that was nagging on my eyelids. I was glad Alex had remembered to bring my morning coffee."It took some real hard work to wake you up in the mornings. Especially Mondays." He pointed out. "Now, all it takes is one horn of the car and you come out.""Uh-huh." I murmured, pulling off my hair tie from my wrist and tying up my hair in a loose ponytail."Is it because of that gang stuff you were telling me about?" He asked, glancing at me with a small frown.I let out a deep sigh and placed my fore

 Skylar's POVI didn't know how I was still standing on my own two feet when that little act had drained enough energy from inside me. Caden, on the other hand, looked totally the opposite; calm and unbothered.I leaned back against the wall as I saw him opening the door. All my senses had gone haywire, I didn't even feel the surprise when I saw that familiar redhead guy –Seth– and Shane coming inside. I didn't even know how to respond when Shane passed me a casual smirk, Seth giving me a small wave of acknowledgement from behind him.Seth looked back at Caden and I saw him speak out some words before Caden took out a small card from his pocket, passing it to him.Why did he look so unbothered? Why

 Skylar's POVI needed some time away from all of this mess; my parents, the locker which I still knew nothing about, and my Physics grades—which were flunking, to be honest.There was a grand test next week, thanks to our beloved Physics teacher, and of course, I needed to get an A in this test. I was hundred percent sure that I'd fail Physics if I didn't get an A this time.That is how I was imagining my life to end, just because of a goddamn subject. Mom would be so pissed off.Why did I even care?She was hiding big stuff from me, dad too. They wouldn't be able to blame it on me if I failed in Physics.Apart from that, the other thing that was concerning me the most was A