C is for
Crush
• ~ Jess had passed Miss Edmunds in the hall earlier in the day,
and she had
stopped him and made a fuss over him.
“Did you keep drawing this summer?”
“Yes’m.” “May I see your
pictures or are they private?” Jess shoved his hair off his red
forehead. “I’ll show you ‘um.” She smiled her beautiful even-toothed smile and
shook her shining black hair off her shoulders. “Great!” she
said. “See you.” He nodded and smiled back. Even his toes had felt warm and tingly. (p.38)