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“Today we will be doing project and everyone will have partners.” Everyone immediately turned to their friends mouthing saying they would be partners I just kept my head down reading. “But I will choose,” Mrs. Jones continued.

There was sound of disappointment across the room making Mrs. Jones smile. She held up a piece of paper she grabbed from the printer.

“Here are the partners, and I expect you to move over to them and sit with them for the two weeks of the project.” Everyone had their fingers crossed, hoping to get their friends.

Names went off, earning groans and cheers.

I didn’t want a partner because that meant I would be noticed.

“Grace and Damien.” The room went silent and my eyes widened as I froze… no she couldn’t have… but… crap.

Damien. Damien freaking Night the supposed bad ass of this school, popular jerk as well. She had to put me with him? She couldn’t have put me with a nerd or something?

There were whispers asking who I was. It made me smile no one knew who I was. Slowly I got up closing my book and grabbed my bag pushing my glasses up walking over to the table where the guy was at.

The dude sitting next to him snickered, earning a smack from Damien as he ran off to find his partner. I sat down putting my face in my folded arms, resisting the urge to groan.

After everyone was done sitting down, a piece of a paper was put down showing all the topics we could do. I noticed he didn’t even touch the paper. I grabbed it pushing my fake glasses up and looked down at it.

·        Economic crisis

·        War between sexes

·        The earth

·        Relationships between countries

·        Art

I circled "art" or "the earth" and slid the paper over to him. I pulled out a piece of paper to write down all the things we needed.

Mrs. Jones clapped her hands together, getting everyone’s attention, “Okay students, for this 2 week project, you will be needing to do the following: a 10 page essay, a 10 slide power point, a board and a creation of your own Your creation could be a paragraph or drawing. Remember it gets graded as well. This will be due October 1st and I'm expecting everyone to get A+ on them.”

Everyone groaned and the paper slid back to me and saw that "the earth" was crossed out and "art" was circled darker.

I wrote across the top of my paper ‘Art’ in big letters. I wrote my name and dated the information paper and glanced at the clock seeing it was almost time to leave.

I put my stuff away and glanced at the guy who was supposedly my partner. I ripped a piece of paper and wrote, “Grace, literature project partner, 559-878-3726.” I folded it and grabbed his hand, putting it in there just as the bell rang.

I stood up grabbing my bag walking out. I was so glad this was the second to last period of the day. I had free time last period; I usually went to my tree where I sat at lunch and read or did homework.

I walked to my tree welcomed by cool shade from the warm sun. I sat pulling out my homework and finished it easily. I had pre calc math homework, civics, and now lit homework but I couldn’t do it without my partner.

I finished my other homework fast. I was reading my book when my phone buzzed.

I pulled it out sliding it sideways opening the message from an unknown number.