This Can't Be Happening

“Eve, what’s wrong? You look really down today?”

“Ah, well…. Today, mo— no, Mom said she might not be able to pick me up because she’s busy moving….”

“Aha, I see?”

“So she gave me my bus card in case I have to take the bus home.”

“That necklace?”

“Yep.”

Ophelia had attached it to a necklace wallet so I wouldn’t lose the card and gave it to me. Anyway, today Ophelia might not be able to come pick me up. It’s not a hundred percent certain, but it still makes me uneasy. The fifth-period theory class is about to end, and I have to head home soon.

ㅡDing-dong-doo-dee-dah-dee-bee-yo-bee-yong

“Eve, the bell rang. Let’s go.”

“Ah, okay.”...