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I walk down to the classrooy that is needed for the lesson Everything comes online and flares to life, except for the microphone at the podium I tap it, but it’s dead Dah the bottooes into a port in the floor I lie on my side and try to tuck my head under the podiuleunderneath, I fishto God that a naw off my arm

"You okay?" I hear Peter ask fro there

I don’t pull ers are so close to the wire "I’ the wire One second" I’ers on the plug and push it back into the socket The speakers ly loud noise, and I hear everyone in the roo above me with his hands over his ears

"Weenie," I say to hi back

Peter offers his hand and pulls nore how much I like the feel of his hands A nervous jolt of exciteure as I walk back toI can do to act as though I don’t know and don’t care that he’s looking

It’s then that one of the guys in the first row starts clapping He woos! and says, "Let’s hear it for the techie TA!" He claps loudly and everyone follows his lead A crooked grin forms on my lips as I lean forward and look at hiuy holds his hands up and claps louder and gestures foras I wave to the class

The guy--Mark--watchesHe’s a year younger than me, and relationships are usually so far from my mind that I never noticed him before Between the two, I suppose it was difficult for hiious I lean back in , and look up at the podium, when I see Peter’s face His eyes are hard and the usual easy-going smile isn’t visible The look slips away before I can blink Mark didn’t notice Hell, I’m not sure if I noticed it What the hell was that?

Peter starts his lesson, and by the end of it, everyone is back in the groove of things I wonder how long it will take for them to transition fro I know fro in here, but because Peter is the professor in htathercare of theloud enough for the entire room to hear all day would have severely sucked"

"Well, that’s what I’ive him a half smile and start to walk toward the side door

"Can you do 7:00aht up" Peter’s eyes slip over ently this tih I don’t care, acting like it’s a job and nothingon her bed, sorting through photocopies of reference books fro on a terht hen she decided to take a break You don’t want to be around Millie when she takes a break

"Hey," I say, walking in and sitting on the bed opposite her after s Millie enjoys Since she hasit, I let her Everything is yellow and blue

After our fallout the other day, I felt bad I’ht My ego is still bruised, but I’ anymore She’sto look up Her fingers are racing across the paper, her eyes scanning the inforraphic memory I’m super jealous When she finishes, she looks up at me and smiles

It feels like I fell off a cliff "I know that look What’d you do?" I ask her, as I yankdevious Da nice and smile about it?"

"Maybe, but your little brain doesn’t work that way Besides, I’ve seen that look enough tiive it to me, so let me oing to ask--the answer is no Hell no No way" I flop back onThe 7:00am start makes it feel later than it is I still have ho late

"But, Sidney, you didn’t even hear what it is I know you’ll love it"

"You always say that"