Ellie smiled, ”Lucky!” she exclaimed as he announced that he had no homework. ”I have a couple of chapters of that mega boring English book to read and a Chemistry assignment.” Still, the Chemistry would be fun so she supposed it would balance out having to read more of Ethan Frome. And of course pizza made the prospect even better. Perhaps she could even convince Kevin to read a bit to her aloud. That way they could both laugh about how terrible it was together.

Ellie was still smiling at the mental picture that thought gave her of the two of them bonding together over the book when Kevin’s eyes met hers momentarily. Was it just her or did he seem nervous? ”Oh yeah,” she said, ”Sure. I have to drop off my bag grab my skating stuff from home before I head over to the rink so why don’t we head over to my place?” Ellie fiddled briefly with the strap of her backpack before realizing what she was doing and dropping her hand.

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((Sorry for the wait!))