Coolest Girl in Town

‘I’ve listened to this thing a million times now. GOAT.’ ‘The song just came out. What do you mean you listened to it a million times?’ The comments wouldn’t stop coming in, and the ratings kept shooting up. Elise was doing her Chinese listening practice, but then Mikayla interrupted.

“Elise, you have to listen to my husband’s latest hit. It’s so good.” Mikayla took Elise’s earphones off and hooked hers up to Elise. When Elise heard the song, she knew Jack was the singer, for he had a deep voice.

He was born to be a singer. Great voice, very distinct. “Not bad, right?” Mikayla asked happily. Elise smiled and nodded at her. “Not bad.” Mikayla was delighted to hear that. “I knew it. I’m going to spread his new song to my friends.” She then posted the song to her wall. The status garnered a lot of likes in a short while, but then someone commented, ‘Hey, this feels like a song H would come up with.’ Another commenter commented, ‘Huh.

Never thought of it that way, but now that you said it, it does sound like the kind of song H would create.’ Mikayla stared at the comments in disbelief. “Impossible! My husband wrote the song all by himself. There’s no way it sounds like a song from H. They’re saying Jack copied someone’s work? Impossible!” Mikayla wrote back angrily, ‘Nonsense! Jack won’t copy anyone! He wrote the song all by himself! What do you guys know?’

happened, but then it wasn’t something great, so she decided to hide it. “It’s nothing, Elise. Go back to your listening

her listening practice. Danny was the one who came to pick her up after school that day. Ever since the company got into trouble, a switch had flipped within him, and he was a changed man. Danny used to be more nonchalant and laid back, but now he was quieter and calmer. When he saw Elise, he called

textbook, but then she realized Danny was glancing at her. “Yes, Danny?” Danny coughed sheepishly. “You don’t have to say it if you don’t want to. I don’t have time for this,” Elise grunted. Danny panicked. “Wait, boss.

sick to me. What happened?” Danny looked embarrassed but he pressed on, “Your grades are awesome. You must have a way of studying, so can you teach me? The entrance exam is only five

“Why do you want to get into college all of a sudden? I mean, you can still be successful even if you don’t do anything, so why go the extra mile? You came this far

about, nor did he see the need to improve himself, until his family got into trouble. It was then he realized he wasn’t powerful enough to help his family. Nay, he was practically useless in the crisis, and that was a big wake up call for him.

the simplest answer he could come up with. Elise was surprised he’d say that, and she gazed at him. “What were your grades like?” Danny started to hum and haw. He never paid any attention in class ever