You were in US Government when your teacher announced there would be a project. A partner project and everyone would pick partners. You had no friends in that class so you sat alone.

There was one other person who didn’t have a partner, Theodore Finch, the school’s weirdo, the freak, that’s what people called him. You didn’t notice he was alone since you were focused on you hands.

Finch saw you and stood up, making his way over to you, “Hey, you wanna be partners?”