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anyone."
    "If I was in
that class, I'd do the Harry Potter lady," Luci said. "Those movies
were awesome, and Harry Potter is such a hottie."
    "Ugh, those
damn movies," Kareem said. "Maybe I'll choose Rowling just so I can
call B.S. on how different the movies were from the books. No doubt Mrs. Anderson
will give me extra credit. She eats that kind of stuff up."
    "I hate that
magic crap," Alex said. "But Emma Watson made those things worth it,
at least in the last few. Smokin' hot."
    Mandy groaned and
smacked his shoulder, Luci rolled her eyes, and Kareem laughed and said,
"Too true, too true." Wyatt only looked at her, and they shared
another smile.
    "Speaking of
magic and other speculative arts, Miss Incognito," Kareem said, looking at
her, "are you taking the Comic Book Pop Culture class?"
    "Yeah. I'd
hoped you guys were, too. These two wouldn't join." She pointed at Alex
and Luci.
    "Boring,"
Luci said in a sing-song voice, while Alex said, "No way."
    "Their
loss," Kareem said. "We'll take care of you."
    "I know some
stuff, Harry Potter, for instance, and Mister Incognito, of course, but not
much else. I thought it would be a blast, though. Kind of like a college course."
    "That's how
Mr. Yong plans to teach it," Wyatt said. She had to suppress another
giggle at how much effort he had to put into speaking up. She heard it in the
strain of his voice. Too cute!
    "Anyway,"
Alex said, "have fun in nerd class."
    "Geek class,
dude," Kareem said, getting everyone to laugh, and earning a fist-bump
from Alex.
    They all said bye,
and she and Wyatt shared another look. Or she did, anyway. He might have been
being polite or looking over at her at that exact moment or whatever. As they
finished their trek to the senior quad, she couldn't help but wonder, for the
umpteenth time in her life, what was it about Wyatt Faulk?
     
    WYATT
    As he and Kareem
headed off towards the math building and third period Calculus, Wyatt did
everything he could to get his breathing back under control without Kareem noticing.
He hadn't been that close to Mandy for that long since elementary school. He
was such an idiot! Not only was she so far out of his league that he probably
shouldn't even be allowed to so much as glance her way, but she was dating the
coolest guy in school. Practically married to him, as far as he could tell. To
top it off, they were going to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor together
next year. He wasn't bitter about it, though. Good for her. Alex was an awesome
guy. He could have chosen to be a mega-jerk, a real super villain, but he
didn't. Because of that, Wyatt really was happy for Mandy.
    "What did you
hear about the comic book class?" Kareem asked, knocking him out of his
thoughts.
    "Nothing
new," Wyatt said. "Like I said, Mr. Yong plans to teach it a lot like
a college course. But he said as much last year when he announced it."
    "Yeah, he's
never tried to hide his dream of becoming a professor at a university. I wonder
if he's going to use this in his portfolio or something."
    "Dunno.
Maybe." Wyatt looked over towards the senior quad and caught sight of
Mandy again, once more losing his breath. Damn it, he was being stupid. She was
just a girl, a person, and she shouldn't affect him like this every time he so
much as thought about her. But she did, and had since junior high, when he
effectively lost her. Her shoulder-length wavy blonde hair framed her gorgeous
face in that perfect way that meant she could be a model if she wanted to, at
least in his eyes. He'd certainly buy whatever she was selling. Her skin had a
nice tan from playing soccer all summer. As far as he could tell, from the
close-up view a few minutes ago, she didn't have a blemish on her. He tended to
see that on people since he had such a battle with acne when he was younger. He
didn't judge anyone based on their good, bad, or neutral skin, but he noticed. That
wasn't all he noticed about her. He saw her whenever he shut his eyes — her
piercing blue eyes,