Sophia jumped in her chair, startled by Tim's words and his sudden closeness. She felt her heart racing a mile a minute from the scare as well as from David's text. Part of her brain realized that now was not the time to freak out. Quietly she inhaled and forced herself to calm down. 

[i]It's not like he's my boyfriend anyway,[/i] Sophia suddenly thought with a mixture of annoyance, worry, and--to be honest--a bit of disappointment.

Then she thought, [i]Damn.[/i]

Tim had noticed that something was wrong, but she was going to have to lie to him about what. Sophia didn't want to tell him that David had just text her. He knew that David and the others had caused her trouble in high school, but he didn't know the full extent of it. Sophia had only shared all the information of her hellish senior year with one other person. Even her parents didn't know all about it.

While stretching and trying to appear as if she was trying to relax, Sophia let out a soft sigh. "I'm getting a little tired from all the reading," she lied. Lying had come easily to her over the course of her senior year, given that she had to hide so much from her parents and friends. "Shall we call it a day on researching and check out some books to take home?"