Who actually likes English class?

"Michael," she said. My eyes flicked up and saw her own looking straight at me."What do you think about what I just said?"

I stared dumbfounded at her. All I could manage to squeak out was "It was very interesting." Needless to say everyone started laughing, including Evelyn surprisingly.

"Well since we were moving on anyways, I'll let that go this time. But next time try to dig in a little deeper than just how interesting my thoughts are," she said walking away. Instantly that little voice went off in my head. No not the little one that says when you're doing something you shouldn't, the voice that says "I'll dig in as deeply as you want as long as you buy dinner first". Yeah, that voice.

"Now remember,"she went on," your rough drafts need to be finished by Saturday. Also remember that I require a one-on-one meeting sometime before then to discuss what your paper will be about and how it's coming along, so make your appointments." Everyone packed up as time ran out and started leaving. I decided to talk to Evelyn instead.

"Hey Evelyn, I'm sorry about the lack of attention today." She giggled.

"O it's alright. I know that not everyone can stay focused all the time. Just don't let it happen to often, alright? Now how is your paper coming along?" I think my silence said more than intended. "Really? That tough?" she said, her eyebrows raising.

"Yeah unfortunately. I just can't find anything to write about in these stories. They all seem so distant when I read them. That conference should probably come sooner rather than later for me" I said hopefully. trying to get as much time with her as possible.

"O yeah of course, I'm free later on today. Say, 3:00 you swing by my office."

"Sounds perfect," I said happily. I turned to go and saw that everyone had left, grabbed my bag and started walking towards the door.

"Remember Michael," she said behind me "Chaucer may be boring, but if you don't pay more attention I might just have to start wearing higher shirts and we both know you don't want that."