Jan. Week 4: Tuesday planning period- Leah agrees to put some effort into it...

“Alright,” she sighed, her voice flat and defeated. She let her shoulders slump, a deliberate performance of surrender. Her hands, which had been clenched at her sides, went slack. She took a slow, steadying breath, the kind she taught her students to use before a test. She looked up at him, her expression carefully fake but like a placid lake hiding a furious undercurrent.

“Just… try not to enjoy it too much,” she said, before her mouth got busy.