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Chapter 1
Georgia
Normally I don’t pay much attention to the other students in nore people while they’re watching porn in the seats right in front of me Two of theirlfriend Both Barbie- and Ken-doll blonde and spray-can tan They huddle together, eyes glued to an iPhone propped up against a beaker, snickering and whispering to each other
It’s a fairly large class with long science tables lining the room in two parallel rows I’m surrounded by Bunsen burners, flasks, beakers, stacks of notes and flashcards, electric balances, and burets The place always s alcohol
The distance between our desks make it difficult to see the little screen from where I sit, but not so difficult that I can’taway at each other
Dog-earring one ofabout alkaloids and chemical reactions at the front of the room, oblivious to the perverts in front of me
I continue to glance between the video clip over their shoulders and Mr Johnson As far as I can tell, it’s noroing at it So why are the couple in front of ? Seriously, atches porn in public? I try to stretch farther for a better look, but I’m too short and the table is too wide They either know so I don’t, or they’re ridiculously iht, which only sparks my curiosity more
For as long as I can reirl It’s my Achilles heel My mom thinks it’s an asset, but for me it’s a burden I can never seereat for acade to knohat happens next in books, or how soot h school valedictorian before I graduated last year, but when it comes to my social life, it hasn’t helpedin where I don’t belong I try to holdI’ood
As nore it, I can’t helpthe girl on the shoulder She slowly turns in her seat, a glare already prepared on her face before looking at me
“What’s so funny?” I whisper to keep Mr Johnson fro me He’s wandered to the other side of the classroom with his back to us
The girl—I think her name is Serena—looks like she puts on herout of place All of her clothes bear logos and have French naine a world where I could afford a pair of shoes that cost e I can’t even fatho her I wouldn’t knohere to start
She looks at her boyfriend (I have no idea what his naivesme up, then lifts a perfectly waxed brow and nods
Serena hands me the phone I notice her ers touch “It’s Mr Johnson,” she says
At the top of the screen is an advertise under eight inches I don’t need to whip out a ruler to see that the actor who my classmates believe is my teacher definitely fits the criteria in the size depart to be hiood look at him, Serena yanks her phone out of my hands
Irritated, I glance up and find that Mr Johnson has ht at lance right at his crotch In a split second I’ hi as my forearm when fully erect, pointed at me
I jerk ht He has this wide-open look of surprise on his face, and he stuain, as if he’s forgotten what he was saying He’s quick to recover and goes on to teach the rest of the class while I cuss inwardly for being so damn obvious
Serena giggles into her hand and whisper-coughs, “Busted” Her boyfriend quietly laughs along with her
Leaning back in nore them the rest of the period—which is extreest dick I’ve ever seen on a white dude” and “I bet he makes barn animals jealous”
Class is over at three Thank God I try to get out unseen As I’, Mr Johnson calls h, then open theain just in time to see Serena and her boyfriend s , I turn oncrowd until I’ in front of him
He leans against the whiteboard where the day’s chereen dry-erase ink in his scribbled teacher handwriting He’s wearing a white button-down and tan slacks and so like er than the rest of theuess With short cropped hair, scruffy stubble, and wide shoulders, he could be Touy really lucked out in the genetics department Sexy and with brains to boot