Radio Waves, Racing Hearts

weighed a hundred pounds. I pushed the door open to find Sarah sitting o

ed you like ten times! What happened? The entire cam

y pillow. "Don't talk about it. I want to erase the last hour

e. "It's already a meme. There's a picture of you

the pillow. "Ju

atorially. "I heard the most important part. Liam

look at her. "I k

fter you ran away? What did he say? Is he

t there. She was in class." I replayed the conversation in m

man on earth, wasn't even at his big public... speech?" Sarah looke

de with the basketball team's schedule, just to catch a glimpse of Liam. And nearly every time, Chloe was

walked up to his table, holding a copy of 'Wuthering Heights'. She'd asked him a question about the 'symbolism of the moors' with a practiced, helpless look on her face. Liam had looked

as everyone thinks," I said,

o get," Sarah countered. "Either w

because of my public meltdown. I grabbed my phone, my fingers hesitating ov

rectory and typed in his name. There it was. Liam Hayes. His student email and

eath, I opened a

station. I am so incredibly sorry about what happened. I want to

The three little dots appeared almost i

y about it. It's

and ruined his grade in front of hundred

omething. I could... make you a custom apology playlist?

apology playlist? That was the dumb

ssage po

A pl

for... recovering from public humiliation c

as agonizing. I was sur

ou can do somethi

ath hi

Anyt

s elective, 'The Art of Storytelling'. I need a par

e to make things right. A chance to spend more time

not in t

st need help with the performanc

. I did owe

y. I'll

self out of it. What had I just agreed t

shoulder. "What did

ice trembling slightly,

ou just agreed to be his project partner." She

asn't