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Bianca couldn’t help but smirk, thinking to herself. “This is gonna be a walk in the park. Elysia’s got some serious guts, stepping up to compete with me in schoolwork. She’s way out of my league

“Since we’re having a contest, there should be a prize on the liner Bianca said, leaning in toward Elysia with a mocking grin. “If you lose, you’re out of Class 1! Are you in?”

When the crowd caught wind of the bet, they perked right up. It looked like Elysia was a goner, bound to get booted from

Class 1.

But Justin was frowning. He wasn’t sure what Elysia’s deal was academically. Judging by how she approached the Language and Composition test, things didn’t look too good.

“Think Elysia’s got a shot?” Leon whispered to Justin, leaning in close.

Justin just shook his head, as clueless as the rest.

“I’m in! What about you if you lose?” Elysia said, her voice steady as a rock.

“I’m not gonna lose!” Bianca retorted, her voice firm,

“You’re tripping. It’s more like you can’t take me down! Elysia’s eyes twinkled with amusement, her lips curving into a sly

grin.

She then advised, “How about this? If you lose, you gotta do frog jumps around the track for twenty laps, and you gotta holler that I’m a loser while you’re doing them.”

Bianca scrunched up her face, hesitating. She was pretty sure Elysia couldn’t pull off a win but seeing that confident smirk on Elysia’s face threw her a bit

Noticing Bianca’s silence, Elysia raised an eyebrow and asked, “Chicken?”

Bianca thought to herself, ‘Elysia didn’t even finish elementary school. There’s no way she’s beating me. She’s just all talk. trying to bluff me.”

With that mindset, she nodded and said, “I ain’t scared of nothing!”

The competition kicked off. The question was tossed out by one of the brainy girls in class–a sequence problem.

As soon as it

figured Elfie, Elysia just stared at the question. Bianca, though, was already scribbling away. Seeing Elysia’s delay, she

couldn’t help but taunt

seconds head start for you!” Elysia said, her voice slicing through the air. The crowd did a double–take at that remark: it wasn’t super mean,

hand, her resolve hardening. She thought, ‘Just you

Elysia finally started

was toast, their eyes widened as they watched the two

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she’s actually catching up with some slick math moves!” student in the audience blurted out in surprise. Everyone was

were also caught off guard. They figured Elysia had been keeping her A–game

sideways, Bianca noticed Elysia had already jotted down the final answer, which meant she was the one

who lost.

breaking in two. She actually lost, and she

smirk. “Time to pay up!

stunned into silence

a total slacker, someone who got in through connections,

picked

called out

three out of five, you still can’t win

you won’t get lucky

little laugh. “Figuring stuff out isn’t about being lucky. It’s all up here,”

wasn’t ready for

after some thought. “Here’s the deal. I’ll give you another chance. You can pick anyone in

for real?” Bianca asked, her voice

Elysia said, still

thinking. She knew Elysia’s offer was a bit of a

if she lost again, she would have to do frog jumps around the track for twenty laps and call

the whole class was way worse than doing frog jumps in front of everyone at school She didn’t want

classroom, looking for someone who could help her out. She looked around and figured Justin

klysta. I just hope he’ll agree to help me. But no matter what, I’ve got to give

“Justin, I’d like ask for your help in answering the question. Inside,

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scared that Justin would say no.

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