Florida was worn out when she hopped down the stairs, grabbing a banana. "Don't" She warned, her eyes droopy. She threw the peel in the trash and went back upstairs, jumping in the shower, drying her hair, and getting dressed. She checked herself in the mirror one more time. A black T-shirt tucked into her ripped skinny jeans, her hair pulled into a half-up with a little black ribbon tied into a bow. Flo shrugged then hurried downstairs, throwing her stuff into her old car and managing to start the old engine. When she got to school, she saw the kid from yesterday, smiled, and then ignored him the rest of the day. Flo's smile was a little less bright today since she had to be paired with someone she didn't know, but she would survive. As Mr. Tealman handed out sticky notes and the bowl, her hands started shaking. Why? She couldn't figure it out, but she managed to write her name without it looking like a two year old did it. Flo dropped her name in the bowl and passed it on, stealing a quick glance at the guy beside her. When Mr. Tealman started calling out names, she started to think he had missed her name until she was finally called out. But who was she paired with? Flo bit her lip. The one time I didn't listen... Great... She jumped a little when the guy from the day before came up to her. "Yeah. Hi. What's your name?" She asked quietly, fumbling with the paper tossed onto her desk. No mistakes. Reading Romeo and Juliet twice pays off. Flo smiled a little, putting the paper away and turning back to the guy.

(Sorry it's short)

"Caleb. Caleb Hunt. We're partners for the studying, so I was gonna head to the library? Or if you want to come over?" He offered, smiling softly to her all the while. He wasn't sure why she was so finicky, but it bothered him to see her stressed. He waited anxiously for her response, his mind flying everywhere at the sme time.

Flo gave a quick smile. "Library is fine" She nodded, picking up her bag and gently placing her book in her bag so she didn't accidentally drop it today. "Do you want to start now?" She asked, tilting her head slightly as she started walking toward the door. "Cause I'm free every evening this week" Flo turned toward the lockers, opening hers and putting her Chemistry and Algebra book in her locker. She closed the door, quickly standing straight up, her hair flipping in her face. "Sorry." she mumbled. "I'm just an embarassing mess, aren't I?" She asked, her cheeks turning red

"No, you're not" He said softly, walking side-by-side with her to the library. "I need to study for probably history the most, though I don't know why since i'm nearly failing english." He said, walking to grab a textbook

Florida was walking normally, her eyes on the doors ahead of her. When she opened the door, she had to refrain from taking her usual deep breath of old books. Wouldn't want to scare away the new partner now would I? She was about to reach for a book when his words finally registered. "Wait... you're failing English?" Her mouth threatened to fall open. Oh I did not hear that right!" Flo shook her head. I got paired with someone who is failing my favorite class?

"Well, I have a D in it, so yeah." He said, taken by surprise at her outburst. He went and sat down at one of the wondow tables and dropped his backpack on the floor and opening the book with a sigh. It was embellished with a map on the front and 2 swords crossed across each other. A hardback, like most textbooks, and had a brown background on the title page. He sighed again and flipped to the first page. He looked at Florida. "Sit down" He offered, pulling out the chair next to him

Florida hesitated before taking the seat beside him. "Thanks" she mumbled. "So which is worse, grade wise, English or History?" She tilted her head, genuenly curious. Her eyes suddenly lit up before she dug around in her backpack, pulling out a folder. "I have everything you need for English right here." She blushed. "If you want to use it, that is. It's just all my notes that I've taken of every book I've read. It's helped my reading comprehension a ton" She slid the now open folder toward him. The most recent notes were the ones she had taken abour Romeo and Juliet. The first time she read it was written in pencil and the second time was written in blue ink. "I read Romeo and Juliet twice" She shrugged slightly

"Grade-wise.....I believe english but my mother was a huge history person and tried getting me interested in it early on." He explained. When she offered the notes, he nodded, eyes skimming them as he flipped through a few. "Thanks." He said, reading the notes more thoroughly. "Twice? Really?" He asked, half-surprised she hadn't read it more

Florida shrugged. "Well I had read a book between the first and second time that gave me a different point of view, and I hate Romeo and Juliet now" She shrugged slightly. "So I went back and reread To Kill A Mockingbird." She smiled a little. "What can I say? I like reading" Then she held up her bright yellow book, the blue words reading Better Than The Movies. "I have had to have read this book atleast five times. Maybe more. And don't even get me started on any of the rest of my personal books" She bit her lip to stop from yapping. "Sorry" She mumbled, her cheeks red yet again

Caleb chuckled softly as her eyes lit up with the mention of books. "What's your favorite? If you absolutely had to pick." He inquired, shutting the notes and looking at her fully. She was beautiful, with her soft eyes and light blush that frequently darkened with every sentence she said to him