She towered over me. "Look, I'll give you seven days to confess your love for Ash! If you don't do that by the time those seven days are over, consider Ashy-boy mines!" She kept her icy glare directed at my emerald eyes.

"Seven days?" I mumbled, eyes glued to the ground.

"Better make the most of it!" She snickered. "Hmph, as if you've even got the guts to tell him anyways!" She spun around and strutted off.

I watched as she left the school roof and felt my heart shatter. How could I ever get the courage to tell Ash how I feel in seven days when I couldn't do just that for seven years?