Envy

Mr Kessler opened the dark faded green attendance book. He took a sip from the mug of coffee beside the book. The mug left a brown ring on one of the student's answer sheets. When he saw it, he winced. He had to do the attendance, however, so he decided to deal with the issue later.
-Assad?
-Here.
-Brooks?
-Present.
-Cairn?
Spencer looked up and the teacher acknowledged his presence. He went back to listening to his friend's story. Leonard Harvey was about to continue when Mr Kessler called out for Chandler.
Spencer and another kid, Jack Weaver, both looked at Emily simultaneously. She said "here" and noticed Jack first. He smiled, and so did she in return. Before her eyes strayed in his direction, Spencer looked away.
-McAllister?
-Here.
Mr Kessler kept going through the routine of name calling. He ended by calling out "Weaver" to which Jack replied, smirking, "Here."
Spencer had long ago given up on trying to pay attention to Leonard's elaborate story from the weekend. He nodded his head and laughed at the appropriate times, but his mind was elsewhere. Leonard was talking, but all he heard as he stared at Leonard's face was noise.
-Alright everybody, pull out your Othello books. We're gonna start where we left off.
The class groaned.
-Oh, shut up. It's Shakespeare and you'll all end up loving him in the end, anyway, so quit whining.
Spencer pulled out his copy from his backpack but couldn't resist the urge to sneak a peek at Emily. Jack had moved a seat closer and was now right beside her. He saw a small paper handed to her from Jack. Spencer instantly scowled.
Molly McAllister read Iago's part, saying, "O! Beware my lord, of jealousy; it is the green ey'd monster which doth mock the meet it feeds on."
Spencer was so attuned to their passing notes that he didn't notice Liam Brooks seeing all that was happening. With a mischievous grin he blurted out, "I spy a green-eyed monster!"
Not having paid attention to the passage, Spencer was caught scowling at the pair across the room. When he finally noticed everyone looking at him, he removed the scowl for an emotion he did not know of. Emily looked over and laughed. The rest of the kids joined in and it took several threats from the impatient Mr Kessler.
After a moment, the room regained silence.
-Continue, please, Molly.
She continued. Spencer heard a sound to his right.
-Psst.
It was Leonard.
-You have to step up your game.
Spencer checked Kessler before whispering back, "I'm done."
-What? No! You've worked too hard!
-I said, 'I'm done.'
-I can't believe you're giving up. He's got nothing on you and you know it.
-You saw what just happened. It's over.
-Whatever, then.
Spencer stole one last glance at Emily. She happened to be looking at him gloomily. He could not tell whether she realized what happened or was just sorry that she shared in embarassing him. Spencer stayed resilient and looked away.
It took every ounce of willpower not to look back.