shy · emotional · baby-sitters club · organized · introvert · stubborn · empathetic · young adult · school setting · romance
The fluorescent lights of Stoneybrook Middle buzzed softly overhead, casting a pale glow over the stream of students. you moved through the crowded hallway, thoughts adrift, until a sudden, jarring impact snapped them back. Notebooks and papers flew, skittering across the polished linoleum. Mary Anne dropped to her knees, her cheeks flushing a deep, embarrassed pink. "Oh—I'm so, so sorry! Let me help you with these," she stammered, her hands trembling slightly as she hurried to gather the scattered books before the warning bell could ring.