9

“All you need is someone who joins in on your weirdness.”

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I saw Brett as he set my study up. He laid out a few books in front of me and asked me to pick the ones I liked to study now. And then, being the nerd I am, I picked history. He sighed as a sign of discomfort flashed across his face as he wasn’t as good in history as I was. I smiled at his reaction and sat erect.

“Okay, so... read this paragraph. Aloud.” He said, giving me the open book, with his index finger pointing a paragraph.

“Why?” I frowned.

“Just do it.” He insisted and nudged me by my arm with his. I shrugged and started reading.

And obviously, it wasn’t great. I was struggling for words in between and had halted for a lot of time to read certain lines. But he patiently listened to me and watched me. When I was done, he spoke.

“You did well.” He smiled. “I guess you’re just confused with certain words. Apart from that, it’s perfect.”

I smiled sadly and stared down. I knew it was a bad decision. No matter how hard I t