His name was Jayden Cole.
Everyone knew him.
The teachers called him a distraction. The students called him a legend. He didn't follow rules, didn't care about grades, and definitely didn't care about what anyone thought.
He was always late. Always smirking. Always surrounded by whispers.
"Stay away from him," her best friend Tessa warned the first day he walked into their class.
Amara didn't argue. She had no reason to notice him.
But somehow… she did.
It started small.
A glance.
A moment.
A strange feeling she couldn't explain.