The Lab Partner Kiss

Okay, I wasn’t supposed to fall for her. That’s the whole problem.

She’s my lab partner. That’s it. Or at least it was. We got paired randomly, and at first it

was just notes, experiments, complaining about the teacher. Normal.

Then she started waiting for me before class. Saving me a seat. Writing my name

on our paper with little stars like it was a joke. It didn’t feel like a joke.

One day I forgot my headphones, and she handed me one of hers. We shared a song,

sitting way too close, pretending not to notice. I noticed everything.

Fast forward to yesterday. We finished our lab early and the room was loud,