Light Is Elsewhere

Summary

On the first day of our sophomore year, Cassidy—who had just been voted the department’s "it-girl"—stopped me in my tracks.

"Maeve, is it true that you and Lucas are childhood sweethearts?"

"If I get selected as the freshman representative at convocation, would you mind... letting me have him?"

Under the white orientation tents, the bustling campus suddenly went dead silent.

I opened my mouth to speak.

But Lucas, who had been holding the umbrella over my head, suddenly pulled his hand back.

His voice was cool, his eyes heavy with an impatience and exhaustion that cut straight through me.