Field Notes on Love
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Only five months into the job, yet he’s already something of a legend here at Hawkins Elementary. Despite the nerves you remember from his first day, Steve has settled into teaching like it’s been waiting for him all along.
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Your extremely professional relationship with Coach Steve may be under investigation by one (1) very observant six-year-old.
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- Part 1 of Field Notes on Love
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It’s a bright, joyful day with flowers and laughter everywhere.… only Coach Steve is crying. Six-year-old Eli Parker is determined to find out why.
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- Part 2 of Field Notes on Love
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He always peels them for you now.
Says you’ll complain when the smell sticks under your nails. Says he’s better at it than you—no mangled fruit on his watch.
But really, it’s because he wants to.
Only a few months in and he’s already the kind of dad who reads ahead in pregnancy books like there’s going to be a quiz. Who keeps a page in his class planner filled with bedtime story ideas, with little notes about hairstyles and braids he wants to practice before the baby gets here.
Last week you’d tried peeling an orange yourself while standing at the kitchen counter.
Steve lasted about three seconds watching you struggle with the rind.
“Just—give it to me,” he’d said, gently prying it out of your hands. “Your fingers are gonna smell all day.”
Lately, he doesn’t let you do much of anything alone.
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Living inside Mrs. Harrington’s stomach is Eli Parker's newest—and most important—friend.
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- Part 3 of Field Notes on Love