CHAPTER 76

Rosa

I’ll admit I was having fun. Gabriel was off his game and I’d gotten him there. He tore out of class as fast as he had in first period. I handed in my test, not caring that the teacher would shake his head when he saw my score. I dumbed myself down when I needed. I could pass every class and never open a book. School would be boring if I didn’t spend the time writing code in my head. That didn’t happen in classes with Gabriel but he would never know that.

I didn’t rush after him. I knew where he would be in five minutes.

I passed Isabella in the hall.

“Rosa,” she called which surprised me and I stopped.

“The girls want to have a get-together in my dorm tonight. Could you find some place to go?”

Most of her friends tittered which ground on my nerves. I didn’t miss the “my” dorm remark and I knew she didn’t mean her bedroom.

“I don’t know, Isabella; my friends are coming over to sage the rooms to get the bad spirits out. I’ll see if they’ll wait until you and your crew are gone so