Flirting

Leila

I flipped the page on my notes and saw I had covered all I needed to for the day. I was on a roll. Class was going to be over right on time. That was always the sign of a good day. I tended to get a little long-winded at times and ended up speed talking through the final minutes of my lecture.

“All right, that’s all I have today, but I do have one more tidbit of information to share,” I teased. “Wednesday will be your first test.”

There were groans. As expected. “You’ll all do fine. This is an easy one—assuming you’ve been paying attention.”

I watched as the smiles slipped away and the students filed out. Did they actually think they were going to sail through the entire class without a test? It was a class with credits. I looked up and saw Christopher waiting.

“Hey,” I greeted him. “What’s up?”

“I wanted to personally apologize for not being able to take you up on your offer to help me out, especially after I had asked for it.”

“It’s no problem, really.”

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