Hm. Now that was a nice angle.

"Ma'am," Ray said, his voice soft and thoughtful, "it isn't that I'm trying to make things hard for you, but this has already been reported to the school's disciplinary office. It'll be extremely difficult for me to walk it back."

"Please, Mr. Caldridge, I'm begging you!" Noelle held her ninety-degree bow, perfectly still.

Well now, this was getting good.

Noelle's face, honestly, was only about an 82 out of 100. Certainly pretty enough to be called a great beau