She was sitting in front of him. Jackson was normally a good student, but even the best students get distracted.
"Mr. Jekyll" Mr. Mummy said. "What is the square root of two hundred fifty-six?"
"Sixteen" Jackson murmured.
"What?" Mr. Mummy said. "I can't hear you."
"Sixteen" Jackson repeated. The bell rang. The students headed to the cafeteria for lunch. It took him awhile to gather his things. Frankie was waiting for him at the door.
"Thanks for waiting" Jackson said.
Frankie smiled. "Your welcome. Ready to go?"
He smiled and nodded.
Heath was droning on about casketball. Jackson wasn't really paying attention. He was straining to look over Heath's shoulder. She was sitting at the table behind them.
"Hey! Jackson!" Clawd said. "Are you listening?"
"What, yeah" Jackson said, snapping back to attention.
Heath looked over his shoulder. "Oh I see."
He give Jackson a knowing grin. "Frankie, huh?"
Jackson blushed. "Yeah."
"Talk to her" Clawd said.
Jackson blushed even harder. "Later. She with her friends right now."
"So?" Deuce asked.
"I don't want to be rude" Jackson said.
The bell rang, signaling the end of lunch.
While the girls got their things together, Heath pushed Jackson towards them.
"Don't be scared. She's just a ghoul."
Jackson gulped. He walked up to the ghouls and tapped Frankie on the shoulder.
"Hey" she said. "What's up?"
"Hey, uh, Frankie" he said. "I was wondering I could talk to you later?"
"Sure" she said. "When and where?"
"At the foutain at three."
"Voltageous. See you then."
Jackson walked back to his friends.
"I'll tell her at three" he said.
Jackson was sitting on the fountain in front of the school. Frankie walked up to him.
"What did you want to tell me?" she asked.
"I like you" he blurted out. Frankie leaned in and kissed him.