Phoebe's POV
Charlies was the undisputed campus crush at Clearwater University's Traditional Medicine Department - a total celebrity with devoted fans of every gender swooning over his every move.
When word spread that some mystery girl had gotten cozy with him on day one, the gossip machine kicked into high gear. Whether I'd actually made any moves or not didn't matter - the stares I got walking across campus were loaded with judgment.
The online forum exploded, comments flying in a messy war between two sides.
Team one ripped me apart, calling me shameless for "throwing myself" at their precious Prince Charlies.
Students who'd witnessed the cafeteria incident spilled more details on the forum threads.
They exposed that I was a Hale, had average grades, and supposedly only got into Clearwater because my family dropped cash for five new campus buildings.
The comments kept coming, each one more vicious than the last.
