Promise me today [antikvár]

Chapter GneTwenty-seven-year-old Merritt Reed surveyed her sixth-grade class over the heaping bowl of hot buttered popcorn on her desk. "Whose turn was it to bring the record album?""Mine!" Brian Anderson strode to the front of the class, the album tucked discreetly into the crook of his football-jerseyed arm."It is educational, isn't it?" Merritt cautioned, recalling the new school board's last dictum on music permissible for school use. Beside her, drafted class helper Kristin Stratton was pouring Hawaiian Punch into paper cups."Oh, yeah," Brian promised broadly above the conspiratorial titter of his classmates. "It's real educational, Ms. Reed. I made doubly sure of that."Merritt rolled her eyes heavenward as she continued ladling out popcorn. Dark coffee-colored hair fell casually to her shoulders, emphasizing the faintly classic lines of her face, playing up the healthy glow of lustrous cared-for skin. "I can hardly wait to hear it," she murmured under her breath. Ten to one, their "background music" had little to do with improving their collective intellect. Still, it would be interesting to see how far their class clown thought he could go and still maintain a vested interest in the rules. "How is hearing this record going to improve our minds, Brian?" she