Kosher Crush by Lainey Davis

Author:Lainey Davis [Davis, Lainey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lainey Davis

I hide in my classroom during my prep period, too overwhelmed to go and get my lunch from the teachers’ lounge. I’m not surprised when I hear a tap on my classroom door, however, and look up to see Leo. He slides into the room and closes the door behind him. “Want to tell me why I just got a memo to collect the students’ tablet devices?”

I blow a raspberry. “Did you know they all have social media apps on them? And that the students have been faking older birthdays to access them?”

Leo winces. “Whoops.”

I snort. “Yeah. Whoops. I managed to get 18 from my first class. Two of the kids said they left theirs at home. They all moaned that they won’t even be fun anymore by the time we give them back.”

Leo perches on the edge of my desk. “This is all your fault,” he deadpans. I smack his leg. “Well,” he says, crossing his arms, “what’s with the data analysis bird thingy you brought up at the staff meeting. Will they be able to access that on the locked down, no-fun tablets?”

I nod. “Should be able to.” I flip open my laptop, intending to show him the website where Samantha made the rough section for the kids to collect data on the chimney swift migrations. “The kids can join local researchers tracking frog populations, owl hoots, lots of different things throughout the city.” I pause while the site loads. “Hell, we can walk right over to Frick Park to do all this and still use the school wifi to enter the data.” The page opens with a fluttering bird animation. I feel a lump form in my throat when I see that she fine-tuned the whole thing, making it look professional and organized, adding tabs for other citizen science projects all suitable for middle schoolers to use. I turn to Leo. “I’m such an asshole,” I whisper.

He nods. “I know, AJ. It’s okay.”

“She really does just want to help people,” I mutter. Leo continues nodding. “I fucked up with her, Leo. What do I do?”

He grips my shoulders. “You need to go apologize.” He nods his head toward the door. “Go on. I’ve got prep last period today. I’ll cover your class.”

I feel my heart race and I shake my head. “I need to clean up my mess here first.”

Leo grins. “You don’t think I can collect some iPads from your damn honor students? They probably already heard the rumor and turned them in downstairs. These little weasels will do anything to avoid getting in trouble.”

I grab my keys from my desk drawer and stuff them in my pocket. “Thank you, Leo. Seriously.”

“Any time, man. Now think big with that apology, AJ. And then go bigger than that.”

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