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I wasn't sure whether Jessica would get some of the answers I was waiting for when the class was over, but Jungkook was quicker than she was. As soon as the bell sounded, Jungkook turned to Jessica.
"In English, Mike asked me if you said anything about Monday night," Jungkook said, a smile pulling at the corners of his lips. I understood this for what it was -offense as the best defense.
Mike asked about me? Joy made Jessica's mind suddenly unguarded, softer, without its usual snide edge. "You're kidding! What did you say?"
That was all I was going to get from Jessica today, clearly. Jungkook was smiling as though he was thinking the same thing. As though he'd won the round.
Well, lunch would be another story.
I moved apathetically through Gym class with Jimin, the way we always moved when it came to physical activity with humans. He was my team-mate, naturally. No one human would ever choose to partner with one of us. It was the first day of bad-minton. I sighed with boredom, swinging the racket in slow motion to tap the birdie back to the other side. Lauren Mallory was on the other team; she missed. Jimin was twirling his racket like a baton, staring at the ceiling. He took a step closer to the net, and Lauren flinched two steps back.
We all hated Gym, Hoseok especially. Throwing games was an affront to his personal philosophy. Gym seemed worse today than usual, I felt just as irritated as Hoseok always did. Before my head could explode with impatience, Coach Clapp called the games and sent us out early. I was ridiculously grateful that he'd skipped breakfast, a fresh attempt to diet, and the consequent hunger had him in a hurry to leave campus to find a greasy lunch somewhere. He promised himself he would start over tomorrow...
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This gave me enough time to get to the math building before Jungkook's class ended.
Enjoy yourself, Jimin thought as he headed off to meet Yoongi. Just a few days more to be patient. I suppose you won't say hi to Jungkook for me, will you?
I shook my head, exasperated. Were all psychics so smug?
FYI, it's going to be sunny on both sides of the sound this weekend. You might want to rearrange your plans.
