Aaron frowned and tapped his pencil against his arm. Keeley directly challenged him with her impressively fast sonnet about cheesecake.

　　He didn't even have a topic. It had to be something that would interest her; she might soften a bit towards him if it was about something she liked.

　　He could have sworn that for a split second that she was excited he recognized her Star Wars reference.

　　Pop culture was a foreign concept for most of his life since he was raised to be as businesslike as possible. Other little boys ran around playing with their plastic lightsabers while he was expected to learn how to fence with an actual sword.

　　His father told him that common things were beneath him and for the longest time he believed it. He would never prefer pop culture to business articles but Keeley loved things like that.

　　He ignored her preferences when they were together before. In his efforts to help her navigate his world, he forgot to try and do the same in hers.

　　Aaron lived twenty-seven years alone with his regrets before dying from a heart attack caused by overwork. Waking up as a seventeen-year-old with another chance was the best possible thing that could have happened to him.

　　One of the first things he did was watch all of the Star Wars movies so he would have something to talk to Keeley about once he met her again.

　　He never would have imagined that she would be so difficult to talk to about anything unrelated to cla.s.s a.s.signments. It was frustrating beyond belief but he had to keep his temper in check or she would run even farther away.

　　If he could mix the two together…that gave him an idea. He wasn't able to write his sonnet nearly as fast as she did but the end result should pay off.

　　"A s.h.i.+p zooms through the endless stars above

　　It dodges meteors and s.p.a.ce debris

　　A rusty piece of junk that I so love

　　Though some do not always its value see

　　The hyperdrive is broken yet again