Wednesday morning arrived quietly.
Ava sat at her desk before school, reading through the students' first reflection sheets.
There were fifteen of them.
Some were only a few paragraphs.
Others filled an entire page.
She smiled as she read.
One student had written about discovering a character who reminded him of himself.
Another had written about how reading helped her forget about a difficult day.
Someone else had written:
I didn't know I could enjoy reading this much.
Ava stopped.
She read the sentence again.
Then smiled.
She wrote a small note beside it.
Keep going.
Her phone vibrated.
It was a message from Ethan.
Ethan: Team meeting in twenty minutes.
Ava looked at the time.
She quickly gathered the papers.
"Already?"
She grabbed her notebook and left.
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