A student? Willow Hale instantly deflated. 'If she's his student, that means they'll see each other often! I can't get to Mr. Grant now, but it would be so much easier if I went through Seraphina!'
"Mr. Hughes, Seraphina and I are in the same grade. School's about to start, you see, and I was just worried Seraphina's grades wouldn't be good enough for her to enroll smoothly. But now that she has Mr. Grant as her teacher, I don't need to worry at all!"
Willow Hale's attitude did a complete one-eighty. Even someone with a perpetual poker face like Hughes couldn't help but let his expression twitch. Her opportunism was just too blatant! 'To be this shameless... that's a rare sight indeed.'
Seraphina Sterling hadn't taken Willow Hale seriously from the very beginning. "Don't talk like we're close. This is only the third time we've ever met. If you want to see Teacher Grant, go knock on his door yourself. Don't even think about using me to pull strings! That's a dead end!"
