(Clara)
The meeting was a disaster.
Not because anything went wrong.
Actually, that was part of the problem.
Everything went perfectly.
Professor Hart explained the new research timeline.
Students asked questions.
Notes were taken.
Data was discussed.
The meeting was completely normal.
Which meant I had absolutely no excuse for being as distracted as I was.
I spent most of the afternoon trying not to look at him.
Unfortunately, that strategy worked about as well as every other strategy I'd attempted recently.
Not well.
Very not well.
Every time I told myself to focus on my laptop, my eyes somehow found their way back to the front of the room.
Every time I looked up, Professor Hart was discussing something with the same calm professionalism he always had.
If anyone else had
