Sam was so deeply involved in a mathematics puzzle that at first, he didn’t notice Eleanor standing in front of him.

“Sam?”

He jerked upward, which brought him eye level with her chest. He dropped his stylus, and it clattered off the desk to the floor.

“Eleanor!” he said, staring awkwardly.

Then, realizing how that might look, he dove for the stylus. "Sorry. I didn’t see you there. I was a bit preoccupied."

“Clearly.” She twitched his school tablet out from under his arm. “Huh. I’m looking at it, and I still don’t know what it is.”

“Extra credit puzzle for math.”

“I heard about that. Tricky little thing that’s easy if you get the right handle on it, but crazy difficu...

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