I closed the library door behind me and leveled my gaze at Cassidy. "Stop calling me that."
"What, Master?" Her eyes widened with faux innocence. "But that's what you'll be when I lose that test on Friday."
"Which you're not going to, because we're studying properly." I dropped into the chair across from her and pulled my chemistry project back toward me. "Now focus. I have three hours to finish this and you have a test to prepare for."
"So bossy." She slid off the table and into the chair beside me, close enough that I could smell her coconut shampoo. "I like it when you're authoritative."
I ignored her and opened my laptop. Operation Focus Mode activated. I needed to lock in on this stupid chemistry project – periodic trends, atomic radius calculations, ionization energy. Boring as hell, but required to pass, and I wasn't about to tank my GPA over something this basic.
