“Don’t forget to submit your assignments by the end of the week. This assignment will be a third of your final grade!” The chemistry teacher shouted after the bell rang and everybody started gathering their things. Gabriela stuck her notebook in her bag, getting up with a sigh.
“Going to the gym?” Theo asked just as she was about to leave.
“Yeah. Lina wanted to speak to me about something before practice,” she murmured, narrowing her eyes at him as he grinned. “What? Why do you look so happy?”
“I’m not,” he said quickly, throwing his bag over his shoulder. “I’m going there too. Let’s go.”
She nodded absentmindedly as they made their way to the door and out into the busy corridor. With the approach of spring, the student body seemed to have been given new life. The tired and worn-out fa
