Molly is taking chemistry this term and she can't believe her luck. Patrick Gill is her lab partner! He's tall, with deep blue eyes and wavy dark hair. Molly's had a crush on him since the moment she first saw him, but he's never even noticed her before. Now he has to talk to her, and she figures he'll be impressed when he sees how smart she is.
Patrick, for his part, scarcely says a word to Molly and spends most of the lab doodling in his notebook. Molly continues the experiment and tries to explain everything to Patrick, who ignores her.
"Check it out, Patrick, we made a precipitate!" Molly chirps at the end of the lab.
"Does that mean the experiment's over?"
"Um…yes," she says, lifting her chin to meet Patrick's gaze.
"Good. Now I won't have to listen to you anymore." Patrick slouches off to the teacher's desk. The following day, Molly has a new lab partner.
Molly's greatest fear is that she'll never get a boy to like her.