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She stole a glance at hih she would’ve thought that would , it had a very different effect As their eyes ry kisses--the way it had felt to be held in his ar that, too

Quickly she looked away, turning back to her books, though calculus had never see Madison whispered, "Is it just ?"

"It’s not just you" With determination, Skye kept her eyes on her calculus

"Now I need to change panties"

"Madison!" Skye started giggling despite herself

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As the days went on, and Redgrave didn’t coan to fall into a pattern He watched her get on the bus in the s, from a distance; they never saw each other then, never spoke, but she kneas there to guard her if needed

They saw each other for the first time each day in her homeroom, where he took her name and tried to act official … and, when she wore one of her skirts, tried very hard not to look at her legs Skye supposed she could have worn jeans a little s easier on hi in upstate New York during January But she didn’t All those years of riding had given her great legs--they were her best feature, she thought--and she liked the warht Balthazar stealing a peek

History class was less fun, because Balthazar took history seriously "So are we still going to use the textbook?" Madison asked one day as Balthazar handed out these enormous packets of photocopied material

"No, we’re not" Balthazar sounded extremely satisfied about that "You won’t need it until Mr Lovejoy returns, and frankly, you’d be better off without it even then For a genuine perspective on the colonial period, you need to go back to original sources"

Flipping through the packet, Skye saw that their al deeds and diaries and other documents from the colonial era Not excerpts, not interpretations, not coinal stuff The rest of the class started to groan, and she was rateful she had access to the ideal tutor

"I know this doesn’t look good," Balthazar said, though he remained cheerful "But I’ about this era--anything at all--ask me, and I’ll explain" Britnee’s hand shot up "Already! Okay What is it, Britnee?"