STRAY KIDS.

XXXVII. MOLECULAR MASS

( STRAY KIDS! )
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN.
❝ molecular mass ❞

    SHE DOESN'T SIT next to him at the decathlon meeting. then again, she comes in late and doesn't seem to give her seating much consideration. she plops down next to michelle and stares poignantly at mr. harrington, ignoring him. or maybe he's imagining things.

    when they team up for drills, she doesn't join his and ned's team, but that's because she's already on michelle's team, he figures. flash is also part of her group which makes his stomach knot unpleasantly. of course, eli thinks little of flash, the pompous jerk, so it shouldn't even bother him that he's standing so close to her. she's probably going to destroy him with a well–chosen insult.

   any minute now. any minute. . .

   "peter, it's your turn," mr. harrington reminds him. "could you give me the molecular mass of. . ."

   the rest of that question is lost in the ether, because he's staring daggers at thompson's back. flash just laughed at something eli said and she didn't bite his head off. they're actually getting along. no, he's just imagining things again. but maybe he should put on the suit during the break and give flash a scare in the parking lot. . .

   "the molecular mass of nitrate, sir," flash articulates smugly, "is roughly 62 grams per mol."

   "yes! well done. point to michelle's team," mr. harrington declares, and both michelle and eli give flash the thumbs up.

   "if you don't stop squeezing your card you're gonna break it in half," ned warns peter from across the table.

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