June First

by Jennifer Hartmann

Celeste’s dare came easy. She’s had a crush on her math teacher, Mr. Kent, since the moment she set foot into his classroom. Gen and I dared her to confess her deepest fantasies to him. The naughtiest of fantasies, the kind that would make a grown man blush. It seems to be working. He’s blushing profusely.

This is not a fun dare. Its incredibly inappropriate and could get this guy fired.

“I haven’t changed, really,” I confess, tucking my drab brown hair behind my ear. “I’m still terribly boring and as plain as can be.” Chuckling with a bit of self-deprecation, I glance down at the change of clothes I’d brought to the stage performance.

Like, she knows he’s in love with her. Why this nonsense???

June 1, 2031 It’s June’s 30th birthday today. THIRTY.

That means Brant had to deal with the trauma of 9/11 weeks after his parents' murder/suicide