iamthefirechild:
She nodded, eyes dropping to the chalkboard. As before, she leaned her forehead against his shoulder for a moment before getting up. She hesitated, hand reaching out briefly before falling, and turned away.
Derek watched her with sad eyes.
She carried her chalkboard over to her bed and laid it down carefully before her shoulders shook with a half-swallowed sob and she fled up the spiral stairs.