One Secret for Another

The Rowdy Top Student Insists We Trade Secrets On my first day at my new school, I knocked over the top student's coffee. He raised an eyebrow with a roguish air. “New girl, did you do that on purpose?” The whole class was waiting to see me cry and back down. Instead, I pulled out my notebook covered in doodles. “Can you teach me how to solve this problem?” He froze for two seconds, then suddenly smiled. “Sure. One secret for each lesson.” From then on, strawberry candies traded away my embarrassment, while mint candies won me time alone by the court. Until he cornered me at the music room door. “Too much curiosity isn't a good thing...” “But of all your secrets, yours are the ones I most want to know.” Seven years later, even those who love each other must face separation. Alone, a little girl sets off on the path she has chosen...