Chapter 7

What do you do on a Saturday?

I had been lying on the bed in my pajamas for twenty minutes straight, in my messy room. The zeal to do a clean-up wasn’t there. I scrolled through my Instagram page, checking my notifications, and I saw that Slade Rowan had requested to follow me. I clicked his name and went through his profile. After going through it, I rejected his request. Today was only Saturday, which means I had only one day to elope to Mars if I don’t want to face him on Monday.

I followed Sam’s advice and I’ve been myself throughout last week and this week, now the moment of Truth is at hand. Can’t I sleep past Monday? I had wanted to call my brothers, but if I did so, they would probably…probably? No, they would abandon all they were doing. I need to talk to someone before I explode. I dialed Cam’s number.

“Heyy”

“Hey Soph, how’s it going?”

“Everything is going well.”

“Wow. That’s great.”

“Yeah.”

Silence.

“Okay,” he said.

“Okay,” I replied. Groaning, I switched off my phone. Thi