Thursday March 21st, 2016
[color=f6989d]8:25 AM[/color]

Mina looked up, startled, as The Boy With the Book talked to her. She never knew he was in her class, and it was already March! 

"Thanks," she said, in reply to his compliment of her pens and pencils. She was surprised when he asked her if they could do the partnership project together.[i]Ms. Longing Stare...[/i] She felt her heart starting to beat faster, but she squeezed her hands. [i]Keep yourself together.[/i] Mina went through her head, trying to figure out if he was smart or not. She usually didn't care about other people, so she didn't even know this boy's name, let alone his intelligence. This was when she realized her face was close to the boy's face. So close. [b]Extremely[/b] close. She quickly turned her head to face the front. She would have blushed, but it was long after she abandoned such emotions. 

"Sure," Mina said, coolly.

Right then, the teacher announced that the project was going to be on the Renaissance, and that this project will end right before the year-end exams. [i]Oh, god... Does this mean I have to spend the rest of the year with this boy? I guess it won't be [b]that[/b] bad...[/i]

"We'll start the project now, so everyone please sit next to their partners," the teacher continued. 

[@Inertia]