Chapter 17— beginning of PROM

~AURORA POV~

I was taking long strides toward my classroom.

"Why are you in such a hurry, sweetheart?" Rosie, who was walking beside me, inquired about me like a thief.

I want to check on, Jacob, baby. I wanted to scream "Hehe!" but no.

Soon, we reached the classroom, and my eyes started rolling and searching for Jacob.

"Hey, Jacob!" Rosie called out as soon as my eyes captured his body.

My heart skipped a beat—omg, it was 4 days ago when I last saw a personality like his.

I missed his smile. his presence his smell everything.

"Dude!" Rosie and Jacob both shook hands and hugged each other.

"Where did you disappear out of the blue?" She asked while breaking the hug.

"I am sorry for disappearing without a word—I was out of town because of some urgent family business." He lied looking at me—I wasn't stepping back either but looking into his eyes.

"Oh, I can sense—why someone was so hurried?" Rosie looked at me while teasing me to death.

I gritted my t