cherry kisses ... shawn hunter ⭑

4 ... ᴄᴏʀʏ'ꜱ ᴀʟᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ

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"𝐒𝐎, 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐄'𝐕𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 we must choose biodegradable products to help protect our environment."

lane rested her chin on her hand as she listened to the girls at the front of the class give their report. she had just presented hers with topanga lawrence, who she was starting to become good friends with.

"excellent report! inspired visuals. next team."

cory and shawn got up from beside her, high-fiving as they made their way to the front of the class. lane perked up, knowing that whatever was about to happen would be interesting.

shawn pulled the map down over the chalkboard as cory began speaking. "how air pollution affects our everyday life."

"excellent topic," noted mr feeny, just as the two boys extended their pointers at the same time (at which lane had to bite back a laugh).

"denver," shawn stated as he pointed to the entirely wrong place on the map, causing mr feeny to change the direction of his pointer. "high atop the majestic rocky mountains. elevation, 5000 feet."

"philadelphia," cory pointed to the wrong place also, and lane rolled her eyes with a big smile. "lying low in the delaware basin 250 feet above sea level."

this went on for some time and lane had to cover her mouth to stop herself from laughing each time they got something so horrendously wrong, and then again as they dove into the topic of baseball.

"the rockies, a bogus expansion team mind you, are averaging four more runs per game than anyone in the league because of their clean air."

"our theory is, if philadelphia would clean up its smoggy air, the ball would slice through the atmosphere with a greater velocity."

"therefore, the phillies would score more runs."

"and win every home game! the end," cory concluded and they both snapped their pointers closed. "so, how'd you like our report?"

"stinks."

"stinks! how'd you like my half?"

shawn looked over at lane and raised his eyebrows with a grin, to which she gave him two sarcastic thumbs up.

"relax, mr matthews, i blame myself."

"you do? cool!" the boys high-fived again as they made their way back to their seats, shawn turning his attention to lane immediately.

"so cherry, what did you think?"

"sooo informative shawn, really," she gave him a playful smile, "you should be a scientist or something."

"i let you choose your own partner, " mr feeny continued from the front, "an astounding lapse of judgement for someone of my experience. i'm going to let you try again, but this time, i'll choose the teams."

shawn inched himself closer to lane in hopes they'd be put together before his dreams were crushed.

"mr hunter, you'll work with mr minkus."

lane couldn't help but laugh out loud as both named boys face palmed.

"and mr matthews, you'll work with miss lawrence."

"topanga?" cory asked with raised eyebrows, clearly not impressed as the girl in front of him turned around to face him.

"give me your hand."

"why?"

"i want to see if our energies converge."

lane smiled widely as she listened to the conversation and watched cory hesitantly give her his hand. she was becoming very fond of the lawrence girl, even with her unique qualities.