John is taking biology this term and he's thrilled to have Jessica Abrams assigned as his lab partner. She must be the prettiest girl in school, and John's been dying for an excuse to talk to her. They're asked to dissect a frog, and Jessica is squeamish, but John talks her through the experiment and manages to calm her nerves. (She smiled! Maybe she actually likes me!)
After class, he overhears Jessica and some of her friends talking in the hall.
One girl teases, "Jessica, I heard you were lab partners with John Watson! Do you like him?"
Jessica makes a face and replies, "Ugh, no! He wears his sister's old clothes! He's probably a poof!"
John rests his head against the wall and groans to himself. His greatest fear is that he'll never get to kiss a girl.