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Chapter 5 (i)
The following week found me hurrying from the house. Staying seemed like a bad idea with Mother having gotten Matt's first semester report card from our previous school sent over. Report time was never a pretty sight, no matter which school it came from. There was something about the straight line of D's going down Matt’s report that always seemed to scream 'Kai's fault', and there was never anything about my own A's that ever screamed 'hard work'.
I would end up being responsible for his grades slipping whether through my refusal to help him study or the distractions I produced while locked away in my room minding my own business. Never mind the Xbox he played from morning until night if you let him; it had nothing to do with it. Forget the way he came and went as he pleased, always being out with his friends and never picking up a book. Were it not for the ease with which he navigated his video games, I would be convinced my brother couldn’t read.
I gave
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Their eyes followed me across the gaping distance between the door and the teacher, curiosity overtaking the impulse to want me out of their space. The reluctance with which I handed over the principal’s note necessitated Mr. Burnes prying it from my hand, an action that brought snickers to my new classmates. Barely a minute in and I was back to making a fool of myself."Well, it's nice to have you, Ms. Deneiro. Please have a seat by Mr. Pryce. You're just in time, we're about to begin our lesson on vectors and matrices."My heart skipped a beat as, for the first time since entering the room, I dared to look down at the sea of students. There it was, the empty seat that beamed over at me from its position next to the stude
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I’d never admit it, not to his face, but I was relieved it was only him. For all the delicious tension that tended to settle between us, I didn't think he would try anything. On the first day, he'd said he'd only been joking and I’d believed him—I still believed him. It was an odd thought to have, or rather an unfamiliar one, but I felt...safe.The butterflies began to rise inside my stomach and my mind went back to the boardroom once again. Whatever would happen between us needed to happen sooner rather than later. I couldn’t continue to be reduced to a puddle every time he drew near. It probably wasn’t good for my heart, or anything else inside me that went haywire whenever he was around."Keep it down or they'll hear us," he whispered.My eyes remained fixed on him, catching the way his seemed to be drinking me in despite the poor lighting. An eternity passed with the two of us locked away in our own little world, the
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