Avoiding Mae was working. In a way. My feelings for her were still as strong as ever, but at least I wasn't getting too distracted by here.

However, our duet practices may be a bit awkward now. I think she knew I was avoiding her, but she never brought it up.

Two weeks passed and it was now our field trip to the beach, and I was still hoping there would be no assignment. If there was, I was going to sue the school. Sure, I would lose, but still. I did not want to do an assignment when I could be relaxing at the beach.

Since it was all...