We go to woodwork class

Naomi and I hurried to make it to the first lesson, arriving just as the last of the other pupils were going in.

"Good morning, class." Mrs Young announced, "I hope you all had a good weekend. We're going to carry on with your projects today, so I'll be coming around and seeing if anyone needs help."

We all made our way to desks, containing half-built wooden objects. As Naomi sat down next to me, there was a faint tearing noise.

"I'm not sure how much longer this thing will last." she admitted, looking at the hole in her skirt, which was noticeably bigger.

"Maybe we can go to the sewing room at break time and fix it?" I suggested.

"If it lasts that long." she replied.

Around us there was a noise of tools being switched on, a whine of a circular saw and banging of hammers. I looked at the wooden clock I was making.

"I think I need to sand this down." I said, getting up and heading to an electric sander against the wall. As I did, I saw Camilla by a box of off-cuts, struggling to pull out a long piece of wood.

"Hey, need a hand with that?" I asked.

"Oh, thanks." Camilla replied, smiling in a way which caused her big brown eyes to twinkle. In her struggles she had caused her white blouse to come untucked from her skirt, and two of the buttons had been pulled open, giving a tempting glimpse of a blue bra underneath.

"No problem." I smiled, trying not to overtly look at her breasts. I got hold of the piece of wood she had been trying to take, "This one?"

"That's it, it's stuck."

The wood was sunk into a large bin with dozens of other pieces, and as I pulled I found she was right, it was wedged in quite firmly. Still, I was not going to mess up this chance to help her out, maybe leading to a longer conversation, maybe even asking her out. And she still had not readjusted her clothing.

"Really jammed in there, huh?" Camilla said, "Maybe I should go and ask Michael to..."

"No, that's fine." I said quickly, before she went to fetch the captain of the rugby club to help her instead. "I've got this. Just let me get a bit of leverage."

I put one foot up on the edge of the bin.

RIP!

"Oh, no. What was that?"