In a hurry, I rushed back towards the classroom door to glance at the sheet I had first missed, and sure enough, directly beside my name read Alex Bennett. No no no. I absolutely did not want to be his lab partner, I’d already embarrassed myself far too many times in front of him and reliving the awkwardness of that middle school stand up every day when I saw him sounded like my worst nightmare. I marched my way to the front of the class and just as I was about to approach Mr. Henry, I overheard another student grumbling how they’d already been refused for asking to switch partners. My heart dropped in my chest as I gathered our new workbooks and headed back towards Alex’s eagerly awaiting gaze.
“You seem disappointed,” he smirked at me as I approached him once more and cautiously took m
