Chapter 7
Chapter 7: A Hard Lesson
Jake can't stop staring at Emma all day at school. At lunch, while kicking the footy with Ethan and Connor, Jake is distracted watching Emma walk past and gets hit in the groin with the ball. Emma and Maya join them, and Ethan flirts with Maya.
The morning sun streamed through the classroom window, casting a warm glow over the desks. Jake sat in the third row, his chin resting on his hand, pretending to listen to Mr. Henderson's lesson on fractions. But his eyes weren't on the whiteboard. They were on the window—more specifically, on the reflection in the window. Emma sat two rows behind him, her long wavy brown hair falling over her shoulder as she scribbled notes. She chewed on the end of her pen, and Jake thought it was the most adorable thing he had ever seen.
"Jake?" Mr. Henderson's voice cut through his thoughts. "What's the answer to question four?"
Jake blinked. "Uh... forty-two?"
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