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Chapter twelve: Is this jealousy?

I chuckle in amusement at the sight of a girl stomping her feet after finding out she's with a person she doesn't like. The mirth lasts until I push my way to the front and find out who I'm sharing a room with for the week. My smile drops. Next to my name is none other than Alex Montgomery.

"Looks like we're in a room together," I can hear that very same boy who's name I just read in my head say behind me.

I turn, coming face to face with Alex. His expression matches the amusement in his voice in the form of a grin, and the frown disappears from my face. At the outset, I was disappointed because I forgot about our civility and hoped to be with someone I'm friends with, but now I remember we're not on bad terms anymore, I guess it won't be that bad.

"I guess so," I say.

I still can't fully trust him yet, and I'm always on-edge about the fact that he can change his persona anytime he wishes. However, if anything happens between now and Sunday, I can always ask to change rooms. Of course, the school won't allow two students with a high chance of disputing with each other together in a room for a whole week.

It's stupid that they're putting us in a room together in the first place, as they have no idea Alex apologised to me. First, it's the tutoring, now it's this. What are they trying to do?

"It seems we're in one of the few two people rooms so it will just be us two," He says, and I can tell he's trying not to laugh. I raise my eyebrows. How lovely. If he tries to beat me up, I'll have no one there to save me. Comforting.

"Great," I respond absentmindedly, trying to find Cami in the crowd of students. "Excuse me," I say after seeing her, then I make my way over to her. I can hear him laugh about how polite British people are before he walks away in the opposite direction as I did.

When Cami spots me, she reaches out and grabs my arm.

"One second you were there, the next you'd been swallowed by the crowd," She says, panting as though she has just been running. "Anyway, who are you with? I'm with that new girl, Lucy. She seems nice, but she's really quiet. We're in one of the two people rooms so I'll have no one else to talk to. I guess you can come into our room until lights out."

"You'll never guess who I was put with," I say. Cami doesn't respond, but she raises her eyebrows as a way of telling me to 'go on'. "Alex Montgomery." Her mouth forms an 'o' shape.

"Oh. Well, uh, that's not great. I'm sorry you're in that situation. You're going to have to come into my room until lights out in that case. You'd go insane if you were stuck in there with Montgomery all the time. I know I would." She answers as we begin to walk back to the cafeteria. I don't respond.

She knows about Alex and I agreeing to be civil, but she patently still hates him. She's hooked on the idea that he's going to go back to his old ways and laugh about how he tricked me with all his friends. Though I am nervous about that happening, I don't particularly agree.

"Excuse me," I hear a small voice from beside me. I turn my head to see that it's Lucy. She looks skittish, so I smile at her, which relaxes her a little. "I still haven't made any friends yet so would it be alright if I sat with you guys for the rest of lunch again?" She asks, hopeful.

"Sure," I say. We walk in silence for a bit until I decide to break the seemingly awkward silence. "So, how come you're coming on the trip too? I mean— you're new and weren't here when we made the payments, so I didn't think—"