John was perplexed. The teacher had just handed him a note, that a senior girl
had brought into class. He looked at it briefly but couldn’t quite believe it.
This was bad, really bad. As bad as he could think of at the moment. The
chemistry teacher was reminding them of their quarterly paper, which was due in
two weeks. He shook his head; he hadn’t even started it yet.
The loud tone that signaled a period change went off. He looked at the clock
and confirmed it was 1:30, the end of today’s school day. As
