**Avery** After Conner left my room, I put on my pajamas. Am I glad that he picked an outline? Yes, because now, I can finish it this week. I bet he picked it because of the name. I laugh inside. Pride before the fall, Conner. Pride before the fall. I take out my chemistry book and look over the syllabus again. There are so many in-class experiments that we have to do. Not only does that mean that Cassius will have to help me complete them, but it means that I will have to touch him. Asher hates me, especially if Cassius and I touch. Maybe it is because I slapped them once. I am still astonished I did that. I paid the price for being so bold, but what if there were no such consequences? I sigh, because that is a silly notion. I believe that every action has an equal and opposite reactio

