"Find a partner!"
The most heinous thing a teacher could ever say. Sleeping properly prepared me for a lot of things, but not for trying to be normal for a classmate.
Others rushed in to claim their buddies. At home, I used to be the same way. In most cases, my technique of not becoming attached to anyone in Caulfield worked out well for me. The only time I needed a mate was when I was alone.
I flipped open my textbook, ready for a weird loner to claim it. Perhaps I was the weird loner who no one wanted to team up with.
Dean, on the other hand, drew his chair up to my desk.
"So, Kate gave me the book this morning," Dean didn't spend any time. That one was a workhorse. Very direct and to the point. Getting back to his point.
I twirled my pencil and responded,
"I'm quite sure t
