The teacher said my least favorite words
"I have decided you can pick your partners"
Why couldn't he just assign us partners
I'm invisible
No
One
Will
Pick
Me
I already begin the humiliating trek to the front of the room
Where the rejects go
To get paired together
I wait
For someone else
I stare at my shoes and
I wait
And wait
And wait
Suddenly
Out of the corner of my eye I see someone join me at the front
I look up
It's you
"And I guess you two will be working together"
I barely hear the words
I grin internally and a warmth spreads all over my body
I turn to you as I try to hide my smile on the outside
