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"Alex Wheeler?" "Here."

Striding forward, I handed the graded paper to the young male student with a beanie and a black t-shirt sitting at the back of the class. I flipped to the next page in the pile of papers and called out, "Melissa Williams?" "Over here."

The morning had been a quiet one-it was early on Wednesday, and energy was low. Just about every student's workspace had some kind of caffeinated drink on it, and I, too, kept sipping my coffee every few moments. In fact, Edwin himself hadn't even arrived yet. "I'll be running a bit late this morning," his curt email had read earlier that day. "Pass out the graded papers and tell the students to begin reading chapter six in their textbooks.

I was relieved when Edwin had told me he would be late; I hadn't seen or heard from him since our little incident at the museum, and I didn't want to see or hear from him. Hell, part of me even hoped that he would magically get stuck in traffic for the entirety of class today just so I could get out of seeing him.

But of course, that was just wishful thinking. "And... C**dra Xavier." ""Here!"

I smiled and handed the last paper in the stack to the young girl with curly hair and glasses sitting at the front of the class. Returning to the podium, I said, "If anyone has any questions about your papers, feel free to come talk to me. Until Professor Brooks arrives, please start reading chapter six in your textbooks."

With a chorus of murmurs and rustling papers, the students opened their textbooks. I sank down into the chair behind Edwin's desk, keeping an eye out until he arrived-but it wasn't long before Alex, the student with the beanie and the band shirt, approached 1/4 @K 3.54%2

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"I need to talk to you," he said somewhat curtly. Before I could even answer, he was slamming his paper-on which he had received a C-on the desk.

"Is something the matter?" I asked pleasantly, leaning forward to peer at the paper.

pursed his lips and folded his arms across his chest. "Why did you give me a C?" he barked. "I worked really hard on that paper. I

writing wasn't the best. He had a lot of grammatical errors, which anyone could see from the red marks littered across

Alex, but you had a lot of errors," I said, sliding the paper back toward him. "Maybe Professor Brooks will let you do some

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student's short tone gave me pause. I furrowed my brows and looked up at him, taking in his pinched expression for a moment before choosing to answer as calmly as possible. "If you're unhappy

at us, and many more were clearly trying not to make it obvious that they were

Professor Brooks," he said. "I want to talk

derisive snort that escaped my lips. "Biased?" I asked, leaning back in my

grimace, the student turned and pointed up toward the back of the classroom- where, of course, Gavin was sitting. "Gavin!" he called out, causing Gavin to whip his head

with worry as he glanced over at me. Shrugging, I said, "It's alright, Gavin. Bring your

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see. "A+, and there's

as the students began to shift. uncomfortably in their chairs, and I quickly shot up from my seat. "I would never d

desk, causing both of us to jump. Gavin opened his mouth to say something,

again.

his

He had one typo in the entire paper, which I must have missed-but

voice called out before I could finish. Turning, I could see C**a, the girl with curly hair and glasses, rising from her seat with her paper held up. "My citations were perfect, and I only had one misplaced comma. Is that really enough

paled. "I can assure

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