Chapter 55 - 3
Chapter 3: Love, Punches, and Other Motivational Tools
You ever have one of those moments where you're finally feeling kinda good about your life, and then the universe throws a brick at your face?
Yeah. That was me.
Walking down the hallway like I had a spine, with Naruto's ancient cosmic soul guiding my every step, and just when I thought we were on track with the whole "get superhuman abs and defeat all your enemies" thing, he dropped this little gem:
"I'm going to help you start something with Paulina."
I blinked.
Paused mid-step.
Nearly tripped over my own feet.
"Wait, what now?" I asked, in the kind of voice reserved for people who've just been told their math teacher moonlights as a dragon.
"You want her, don't you?" Naruto said, all calm and wise like he wasn't talking about Paulina Sanchez, the literal goddess of Casper High and also the one person who hadn't looked at me since the sixth grade science fair disaster. (We don't talk about the baking soda volcano.)
"I mean... yeah," I admitted. "But she's totally out of my league. Like, different zip code. Different sport. I'm playing ghost baseball and she's in a perfume commercial."