Jessie squeaked in surprise as she almost ran into a boy. His voice startled her out of her determined walk. She nearly dropped the stack of books she had gotten from the library, but caught most of them. The topmost book slipped off before she could move to catch it. It clattered to the floor, flopping over the boy's foot.
"Oh, sorry!" She said. Jessie shifted the books in her arms to try and allow herself to bend over to pick up the unruly book that had leaped from her stack. With her tongue stuck out in concentration, she began to lower herself towards the book.
"Oh, sorry!" She said. Jessie shifted the books in her arms to try and allow herself to bend over to pick up the unruly book that had leaped from her stack. With her tongue stuck out in concentration, she began to lower herself towards the book.