Maya's POV
I told Margaret yes on Monday morning.
Eight fifteen, before the first period, standing in her office with my coffee. She looked at me and said she'd already known and I said I know you knew and she said the paperwork starts in February.
I walked out of her office and texted Luca.
*I said yes.*
The response came before I reached my classroom.
*Good. How does it feel?*
I stood in the hallway and thought about it honestly.
*Like something I built just got bigger than I planned. In the right way.*
*That's what real things do.*
I put my phone away and went to teach reading.
Marcus read two paragraphs unprompted that morning. The second one he read faster than the first. He looked up afterward and said is that still good and I said Marcus it gets better every time and he n
