Maria was running as if her life depended on it, and maybe it did. It was as if the devil himself was after her, right on her heels. Okay, she was exaggerating a little bit but still... she did not want to arrive late again. She had had more than enough with 2 weeks of detention.
She crossed the threshold just as the late bell rung.
'Damn, that was close!' She breathed out a sigh of relief.
Maria was panting like crazy, which was highly embarrassing.
What made it worse was that Blake was looking at her with unadulterated amusement.
Snickers were heard all around the classroom, but the sole cause of Maria's creeping blush were his gleaming eyes.
"Prenez place," though he was using formal language, even if his tone was kind of firm, there was the slightest hint of underlying affection,
