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Miss Lissy Lou 
Jack's mouth fell open in horror. "That's awful! I can't believe that! That's like--inhumane. It's not right," he said, shaking his head in disgust. That guy was like, a vampire or something.
He was just about to tell her that she didn't need to worry about hurting his feelings, when he heard her say something that made him stop dead in his tracks. I still find it cute that you like Astronomy so much. Cute? CUTE? That--that word did NOT belong in any sentence that related back to Jack Fritzera. Or, at least, it never had before. No one had ever said anything about Jack was CUTE.
Oh good Merlin, she didn't...she didn't LIKE him did she? Jack could suddenly feel his cheeks heating up and blushing, and his palms were getting sweaty. Gross. Anyways, she hadn't meant that by her little statement, had she? But oh lordy, what if she did? Did she think that HE was cute? No, that was impossible--he was tall and gangly and way too hairy for a fifth year--no, there was no way. Was there? No no no! This had never happened to him before, EVER. What if she really DID like him? Would she want him to be her boyfriend? Jack had never had a girlfriend before--cause duh, no one had been interested--so he had no idea what he was doing! He'd be a rubbish boyfriend!
Oh my god, Reese Upstead wanted Jack to be a her boyfriend. This was horrifying!
"You know, erm, I have to get going!" Jack exclaimed, his voice coming out WAY too high and unnatural. "I forgot that I have to uh--feed my frog. To my cat. NO, I mean, I have to feed my frog AND my cat! And then, uh...tutor...someone," he finished lamely.
He stood there staring at her for a few more seconds before finally giving her a quick wave. "Bye!" he exclaimed before turning and power walking down the corridor.
Reese just stood there as Jack looked like he was going to have a panic attack. Or, maybe he was having one right now. Who knew? His cheeks were getting really red and everything.
What did she say? She tried to think back at what she said a second ago, but she couldn't think of what she had said that would have made Jack blush.
"Are...you okay?" She asked him, hoping that he wasn't going to pass out or anything. She really didn't want to drag him to the hospital wing or anything. Then, Jack said he had to go. Okay. Yeah, she was going to agree that this was the perfect time to leave.
She blinked a few times and just stared at Jack when he started stumbling over his own words. No, this boy was NOT okay.
He was far from okay. She raised her eyebrow at him when he stayed where he was for a few more seconds... he was just staring at her! Seriously, what did she say to make him freak out like this?
Finally.
Jack said bye and headed down the corridor. She shook her head and called out, "I'll see you later." She turned around and headed in the opposite direction. Now, she was going to go down to the lake and enjoy the fresh air. She really needed some fresh air right now.