Chapter 22

ZION

I sat next to Alina in chemistry class. She listened to Mr. Greenwood intently, her stormy eyes twinkling with interest as she held onto every word the man spoke. The man honestly bored me. I took the class expecting to conduct way more experiments than we had the chance too. My stars must have been aligned though because even with the man's constant babbling at the front, I had the opportunity to block him out and stare at the girl beside me. A girl that reminded me so much of my mother's kind.

We hadn't got caught for skipping school yesterday which surprised me. I guess when more than half the school decides to do something the teachers choose not to object. If I knew a school like this existed when I was younger I would have transferred here much sooner. The moment I got home, I had called my mother from the hospital and had a discussion with my parents. My father was more surprised than my mother about Alina's dr