"Alright," Mr. H began, "for the next two weeks we will be working on an assignment in pairs." I internally groaned. I hated working in pairs. I was cursed with an algebra class full of whores, a few "It Crew" members, and three nerds including me.
"I will pick your partners and you will both work equally to complete this work packet." he announced.
"Jazzlin and Landon, Kara and Jeanette, Miranda and Gary, Brandon and Aphrodite..."
Now that caught my attention. I looked up from my notebook and turned my attention over to his grinning face. He looked quite pleased with himself as he nodded over at me.
I gave him another tiny smile as he got up to walk over to my desk.
"Hey Aphrodite. Looks like we're together," I nodded. "I'll go get the packet." I went over to the table up front, my palms sweating buckets for some reason.
I went back to see that he had pulled a chair up to the table for us to work on the assignment together. I gave him a puzzled look.
"... What are you doing?" I asked, confused.
"Were partners... So we work together, right?" he replied.
"I guess..." I had expected him to shove the stack of papers in my face and turn to talk to some pretty girl or something. He was confusing me... He was acting so friendly and genuine- totally contradicting his reputation. But I knew to not let him get into my head. I knew not get my hopes up that he was different... But thats harder than it sounds.
