Spell Bound : An High School Romance

with ideas for their school project on renewable energy. The assignment was meant to be

r notebook, her phone buzzed

work on the project? I have

pportunity to see how they could blend

ure! My p

ing your A-game; I'm

ually meant setting the tone for the fun while she did mo

Me

ident strut, sporting a baseball cap turned

?" he exclaimed, tossing the boo

laughing. "More like

playful smirk on his face. "Okay, Miss Serio

d ideas. "I thought we could start with a presentation on solar energy, the

I thought about going with biofuels

playful banter. "You mean the action that's already be

olding a hand to his chest. "Ouc

k to R

an idea. She grabbed a sticky note and wrote, "Solar i

it off while laughing. "You can't

her little victory. "I

nning. "Oh, you think yo

ried to lead the discussion. Each time he tried to assert his

lly snapped. "Okay, I see how it is. You'

ocently. "I mean, i

t's see how you handle this." He picked up a bag of g

Brenda asked, glanci

n. "Just a little surprise fo

handful of gummy bears into the ai

orful candy while attempting to gather

s he had created. "It is now! Co

Come

the mess, she quickly grabbed a bottle of water from her backpa

k?" she called, trying

uriosity piqued

mix!" she said, hol

the colorful contents. "You're

plied, failing to k

pression shifted from curiosity to surp

r, doubling over as Cole

ntil our project presentation. I'l

sh of L

o a more serious discussion about their project. Cole tried to

d you can handle solar," he said co

organizing. Let's do it this way: I'll make

orming on his lips. "You really are

Oh, don't worry. You'll

project came together beautifully. But with each pas

to twist it into something even better. He'd suggest using a pa

rary, Cole proposed a cool visu

e to show wind currents?" he su

o add sound effects! I mean, what's

uppress a smile. "Fine, but if it d

inal

s time for one last prank. She enlisted Maya's help to create a "fa

sy organizing his notes. While he was distracted, they quickly set up the slidesh

classmates, Cole clicked through the slides,

dently, pointing to the slide. The image depicted a

's eyes widened as he turned to Brenda,

kly moving to the next slide, whic

uttered, unable to hold

elf any longer. "Hey, I thou

ing creative,'" Cole said, shaki

sentati

anaged to pull it together. Cole too

et's get se

resentation, Brenda watched him transform fro

ance of renewable energy, and Brenda complem

the class erupted into applause, and

fantastic presentation!" their t

Brenda, shaking his head. "I can't believe

mile wide. "It made it

lright, you win this round. But

s playfully. "Bring i

, the clash of wits only strengthening their bond. It was clear they made a formidable t

of their adventure, knowing that whatever c