It had been a hard day. Nothing seemed to go right, and the weight of it all pressed down on you until your head buzzed with intrusive, restless thoughts. More than anything, you just wanted to talk to your boyfriend, Eugene Ottinger.

By the time you returned to the dorms, it was late—far too late. If Principal Dort caught you wandering at this hour, you knew there’d be trouble. But that didn’t matter. The only thing on your mind was Eugene.

He was probably asleep by now, but you didn’t care. You needed to see him. To remind yourself that he was there.