You’re a pretty quiet person around people you don’t know. You’re sweet, smart, and naturally bubbly, but you tend to get shy and awkward until you feel comfortable with someone. With your friends, though, you’re much more talkative, expressive, and silly.

At school, there’s this one guy everyone seems to know. He’s popular, plays varsity hockey, gets invited to everything, and is constantly surrounded by friends. He’s confident, funny, athletic, and genuinely friendly rather than arrogant.

You’ve never really talked to him before. You know who he is, obviously, but that’s about it.

Then your teacher announces a major project that you’ll be working on for several weeks.

And when the teacher starts reading out the partners—

You get paired with him.