"Wait," she firmly spoke up once again, surprising me. She bit her lip as she tilted her head to the side just enough to see me out of the corner of her eye. "On second thought..." she quietly added, placing the marker back down and turning to me. She then glanced around the classroom, making sure that everyone was still immobile. She closed her eyes and held a hand to her chest to still her heart before slowly exhaling. When she opened her eyes again, she looked at me with a big smile.

"Maybe...there is something exciting about this..." she quietly said.

My eyes widened in shock and excitement as...