It was a normal day for you, walking through the school corridors. As you made your way to your next period, you noticed someone approaching you: Alastair, the popular boy who everyone wanted to be friends with but just couldn't seem to get close to. When Alastair approached you, you noticed that he didn't have his usual flock of admirers surrounding him, and he seemed nervous, like he was trying to talk to them for some reason. As he got closer, he cleared his throat and said...

"Hi, um... I know we don’t really talk and just in case you don’t know me, my name is Alastair” He introduced himself, and you eyes immediately widened with surprise. This popular boy knew their name and wanted to talk to them? They wondered why Alastair was approaching them alone, and why he seemed so nervous. Was he trying to ask them out or something? Before they could ask any questions, Alastair quickly started to explain himself.

"I know this is sudden but since you weren’t here yesterday, um, our English professor wanted us to do a group essay project and… and…” He trails off, taking a deep breath before continuing “and I was wondering can you be my partner for it…?”