HANNAH
I recognized more faces from Chase’s year now. I smiled and waved at a few students standing around in groups, talking while they waited for the first bell. They smiled and waved back.
“Who are they?” Willa asked beside me.
“Camping trip,” I said.
She nodded. “Oh.”
The trip had turned out great. Aside from that first night, the wolf scare and the nightmare, it had gone smoothly. Like Cade said, once the nightly sample collections were done, the rest of the time was for hiking, exploring, and having fun.
Even better, the dean and a few teachers had shown up the next evening to check in. Seeing me collecting samples with the others had been enough to get my punishment lifted.
“I think you’ve had about enough,” the dean said, his tone gruff.
“I think so too, sir,” I replied, t
