“Excuse me!” I pumped my legs hard and fast, pushing around students in the hallways. I elbowed a couple of football jocks who had decided to take up the entire corridor and shoved past them, heading for Literature.
The first bell had rung a minute ago, but I needed to get inside before anyone else.
After basically sprinting down another hallway, I stopped in front of Mr. Avery’s room and sucked in a deep breath. When my breathing finally evened out, I pushed open the door and hurried inside.
Callan sat at his desk, one brow arched. “You’re early.”
I glanced around the classroom to make sure that nobody had come in yet, and then I walked over to his desk and dumped my backpack behind it. Callan rolled his seat back slightly, one forearm on the desk.
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