Left Field Love

Left Field Love

Author: C.W. Farnsworth Listening Length: 14h 48m

Lennon Matthews has been looking forward to the end of senior year since the first day of high school. She’s sick of the stares and whispers that follow her around, of balancing staying at the top of her class with all her other responsibilities. And she’s especially over interacting with Caleb Winters. The town gold...

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Chapter 19

LENNON

T he bell rings, drawing my attention away from the back of Caleb’s head to the half-scrawled sentence I should have been focused on. Hastily, I finish it, then tuck the sheet with my multiple-choice answers inside the booklet as Mr. Tanner moves down the row, collecting everyone’s exams.

He takes mine, so I lean down to grab my backpack so I can depart. It feels strange leaving school in the morning, but now that we’re in the midst of exams it’s a daily occurrence. I’m back home by eleven.

“Caleb, I’m missing your essay.” Since Mr. Tanner has never been one for subtlety, he announces this in front of the entire class. Classmates who were already headed for the door slow, sucked into the drama like motorists passing a car crash.