Jessica's P.O.V.

"S-Sly..." My eyes filled with stinging tears. I couldn't believe that this is who Castor had seen, why didn't he just start with that?! I didn't react much to his hug I just stood there awkwardly. I could feel his strange looks and stares like they were being imprinted into my skin. 

"What's wrong?" He asked cautiously, letting go of me. I just looked down, blinking away the stinging feeling. I didn't say anything other than shrug. "Jess, you can't hide this from your boyfriend." That one word shattered yet fixed my heart all at the same time. 

"You can't call yourself my boyfriend if you haven't been here or tried to make contact for the past year," I spoke quietly, not meaning to say anything in the first place. "Sly." He gasped, suddenly taken back. His mouth opened, only to quickly close again. "That's what I thought." I breathed out, almost instantly regretting everything I had just said.

"J-Jessica," He stumbled over his words. "Y-you can't mean that..."

"I do, Stark," I turned my back to him, taking a deep breath. "Now, I have a class to attend." I re-entered the classroom calmly. In silence, I sat down into my seat. I managed to ignore all the burning stares and just focused my attention to the note in front of me; sᴇᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴄʟᴀss.

I sighed and tried to concentrate.

||Sorry it's short and late!