Marie was so not paying attention to this lesson at all. She had no clue what was going on. All she knew was that they needed a partner for whatever it was they were doing.

Looking around she seen Evelyn already had a partner but Carter was still sitting next to her... without one... but now for long.

"Hey, you're my partner now." She said leaning over and whispering to him. That's right, she wasn't asking him, she was telling him. She wasn't giving him the chance to tell her no. She also wasn't giving Caroline a chance to snatch him up either. She could just go find another partner.

Now hopefully the boy knew what was going on in the class.