Chapter 24

After a week that seemed to drag on at a snail's pace, I finally slumped out of my last class for the day. I was dead set on going home, locking myself in my wonderfully air-conditioned living room, and having a night all to myself filled with nothing but an endless stream of Netflix and my two favorite men - Ben and Jerry. My phone started beeping as I was pushed through the exit of the lecture hall I'd been in. Glancing down to inspect it, I was met with the notification for yet another text message from Calvin. It wasn't that I didn't like the guy or anything - I'd decided I was at least going to try and stay friends with him - but I was still so emotionally wound up from the confusing encounter between Ken and I four days ago. Add to that the physical toll after a long week of classes, homework, and readings and I just wasn't in the mood to converse with him, or anyone for that matter. I tucked my phone back into my pocket just as I heard someone calling m