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bell rang, since she’d wanted to get out of the classroom as quickly as possible. She zipped up her bag with a huff. “Well then, let it be noted that today is the first time I have ever admitted that I’m tired of school and learning. If only you knew.” 
    Noah tilted his head to the left and raised his eyebrows. “Well now you have me intrigued. You can’t get out of this one, Heloise. What’s wrong?”
    Heloise heaved a sigh and opened her mouth to tell Noah all about it when she suddenly felt a hand tap her on the shoulder. She wasn’t expecting to see Kyle’s face when she turned around and seeing his face brought about a mixture of emotions for her. Panic. Happiness. Worry. Yet there he was, standing just behind her with his hands in the front pockets of his heavy brown coat and an unsure look on his face, his backpack hanging on his left shoulder.
    “Hey Heloise. It’s Kyle, from the party,” he began, almost stumbling over every word he said.
    “Yes yes, of course, I remember you,” Heloise stammered. “It’s.... it’s great to see you again.” You have no idea. All the memories of their time spent together at the party that weekend came back to her. Just hold it together. Smile or something. Do anything.
    And smile she did. She was sure that she looked like a complete fool, but with Kyle’s face in front of her, she didn’t care. He then jammed his hands inside the front pockets of his jeans, glancing around like he didn’t quite know what he wanted to say.  It helped that he looked just as anxious as she felt.
    “Yeah it is!” he replied enthusiastically. He then looked down at his feet for a moment before looking back up at Heloise’s face, his soft green eyes looking right through into hers. “Anyway, I have something to ask you. I’m having a little bit of trouble in French and, see, I took Spanish for three years before coming here and I would’ve kept going but I decided to try French instead. They only offered Spanish at my school, so I didn’t have much of a choice. And I was wondering if you could help me..... Maybe after school. I mean, since you’re fluent in French and everything,” he added with a quiver in his voice. “If you don’t mind.”
    “Not at all,” Heloise replied. “I’d be glad to help.” Why not spread the knowledge? After all, Heloise and her sister had grown up immersed in French and English from both of their parents for as long as she could remember. By the time she and her sister went to school, they could carry on fluent conversations in both languages. 
    “Great! That’ll be great. How about tomorrow?” he suggested, the quiver in his voice replaced with a giddiness that he couldn’t hide. “I know it’s soon, but we have a test coming up and I want to do well.”
    “Sure, yeah, tomorrow would work well. I’ll meet you in the library right after school. Let’s meet there,” Heloise replied. At least she’d get to have some one-on-one time with him to get to know him better. She knew it was important to help him but she was looking forward to conversations that had nothing to do with French.
    “Thank you so much, you have no idea how much,” he uttered with a huge grin before his face went back to normal and he looked down at his feet before looking back up at Heloise. “I’ll see you tomorrow then.”
    “A demain,” Heloise responded, disappointed that he was leaving so soon. Her face immediately fell and her voice trailed off at the end.
    He grinned at her again before shuffling away back into the crowd of eager students leaving the school. Heloise watched him as he left, wishing he would turn around and come back. Meanwhile, Noah, who had stepped off to the side when Kyle approached her, came back to Heloise’s side and the two of them followed the rest of the students outside. 
    “You don’t have to tell me. That’s the guy you were dancing with the other night at Elodie’s party,” Noah remarked, pushing open one of