KATY'S POV
I shouldn’t be here. I should be by Allie’s side, holding her hand, and keeping her company because that’s exactly why I asked Braydon to grab my stuff last night. But…Mrs. Katherine had other plans.
“I know you’re worried about her,” she had said, peering at me, “but she’s in good hands. You shouldn’t fall behind in your classes and besides, you can take notes for Allie.”
I tried to explain I’d been keeping up with the lectures on my own, but of course, she didn’t hear that. She just assumed I was making excuses to hover over Allie.
So here I am, physically present, but my mind? MIA. And what’s the point of being in class when my entire brain is somewhere else?
And the noise—oh, the noise. Everyone seems to have decided that today is the day to be particularly loud with w
