Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 19

Agnes never thought that a dude like Jared would be caught dead in the kitchen. Wasn’t a guy like him supposed to be all about takeouts and dining out?

But you had to hand it to him, watching him cook was a sight for sore eyes. Every move he made was like watching a masterpiece in the making.

Turning around, Jared caught Agnes in his‘ view. “Off to school?” he asked.

Agnes just nodded, almost robotically.

“Breakfast is ready. Eat before you go.” Jared suggested in the most nonchalant manner,

Thinking about last night’s events, Agnes was still down in the dumps.

She sat down silently and started on her breakfast.

The breakfast was the whole nine yards. Jared’s pancakes were to die for. But right now, all Agnes wanted to do was skedaddle out of there. So, she wolfed down her food hastily she burned her tongue.

down, Agnes was already done. Dropping her fork, she announced, “I gotta jet.

asked, “Agnes, do you remember anything from last night?”

last night? I don’t remember a thing.”

“Do youjwant me to drop you off at

far away, I can

of hell. She remembered all too

1. up.

time and Agnes was officially a sophomore. In the afternoon, she was notified about a meeting at 3 pm by The Journalism

The Journalism Society was one of the four major clubs

the meeting, Agnes bumped into Jenny. She almost forgot that Jenny was now the vice president of

out. She did hear something about The Journalism Society planning to start a new column called Big Shot, and

most popular med student hottie, Ryder. Some suggested the bad–boy hacker, Javier, an e–commerce student. Some even suggested the budding starlet Ava from the art department.

lively discussion, Lily turned to Jenny and asked, “Jenny,

we want to make a splash with this column, our first interviewee has to be a big fish. We shouldn’t limit ourselves to the campus.