CHAPTER 97

Rosa

I showered with Gabriel and gave him another blow. It was super strange to wake up with him, shower, and prepare for school. He wouldn’t stop flipping up the back of my skirt when he walked past and even did it in front of Brando.

“Stop,” I scolded which made him laugh.

It was also strange to see him in such a good mood. Everything he did was lighter somehow. We walked to school hand in hand. During class, I would feel his eyes on me. Whenever I looked, he was watching. I answered my own romance book question of smoldering eyes. It was the only way to describe how Gabriel looked at me.

I didn’t see Isabella until lunch. Student gossip was at an all-time high with Armando gone and Isabella’s shaved head. I’ll give her credit; she handled it like the princess she was and wore a colorful headscarf that in no way matched her uniform. If anything, her wrapped head stood out and looked like a new fashion trend. She sat with her crew, but I didn’t see them talking to her. Somehow Isabel