“Max! Max!” Nora shouted, running down the academics’ wing corridor. She barely slept last night as she ached to tell Max about her plan. Hopefully, she would subscribe to it and they could tell Keelan together. One thing she wasn’t looking forward to, was Keelan’s reaction.
Max heard her name. Who would call her with so much enthusiasm on a Thursday morning? Then she saw Nora scuttling towards her through the crowd. “Nora?” The corridor was busy as cadets hurried off to their classes. “Nora!” she waved so Nora could see her. “What is wrong? Please, tell me you are just excited to see me,” Max said when Nora got to her.
Nora chuckled. “I’m afraid not Max, sorry.”
“Bah!” she waved her right hand and walked with Nora, arm in arm. “What’s up?” She noticed the dark circles around Nora’s eyes. “Whoa! Didn’t you sleep at all last night?”
Nora touched her lower eyelid, “What? Is it bad?”