A friend convinces her

"You may not," Ms. Haythers answers sternly, causing her heart to sink and her bladder to tremble.

"Ms. Haythers, if I may," a voice says from a few seats over, causing Jessica to look up. It was Jake, one of the cute athletic boys that Jessica had a crush on. "Can't you clearly see she needs to go?"

"She's faking it to get out of class." Ms. Haythers says, not buying it.

Jessica was on the verge of having an accident. If Jake doesn't do something...