Jesse turned the new calculator over in his hands, tilting it so the screen caught the light. “Cliff got it for me,” he said, a little awkward. “It’s going to make pre-calc a lot easier, that’s for sure.”
Emily leaned closer, eyebrows lifting. “That thing looks expensive.”
“Yeah,” Jesse shrugged. “He kind of went all out. School supplies for everyone. Backpacks, notebooks. It was… actually pretty cool.”
They were sitting at one of the back tables in third period pre-calc, workshee