Chapter 221

Noah Hyde was just as nosy. The second Delia Fleming brought it up, he practically appeared out of thin air—he was dying to know what went down with Ben too. I mean, why else would Ben drop everything and fly over the second Curtis Stockton mentioned a failed confession? Yeah... there had to be some juicy scoop behind it. “No no no—stop right there!” Ben panicked, waving his hands like mad. “There’s nothing to talk about, okay? Drop it!” Then he glanced nervously at Curtis. “Uh, yeah, I’ll just… go now. Gotta, uh… practice or something, bye!” And poof—he bolted like his shoes came with built-in rocket boosters. Curtis just shook his head, amused. No need for Ben to be that worked up. He never planned on spilling that story anyway. Here’s what actually happened… Back in freshman year, Ben had a thing for this super pretty girl. One snowy night in Marvia, he got it into his head that since everything around him was white, it was the perfect time to confess. So he texted the girl—her name