Javier's POV:
After class, I sprinted to the chess club. Eleanor Shaw had agreed to a match today, and for some reason, I couldn't stop thinking about it.
She was different. I'd first heard about her years ago when she won the Walliton Youth Chess Championship. It was really an honor that she agreed to play chess with me.
I sat at the chess club, set up the board way too early, and checked the time every couple of minutes.
The club members had noticed I was waiting for someone and even asked why I hadn't gone on a date that day. I just smiled and didn't respond.
Minutes stretched into hours, and as the sky outside dimmed, my patience wore thin.
Most of the members had already left, yet Eleanor still hadn't shown up.
Had she forgotten? Or worse, had she changed her mind? I pulled out
