I know for a fact after recommending the place that this university has a writing center. I’m looking at some dude’s paper and it’s like he didn’t even try to spell the words right nor did he read the book. I only skimmed the assigned novel and it’s like I have a better understanding than most of these kids.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjT7HvWBYe
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I look up to Ms. Hart who’s in the same position from last week. She wore back heels that matched her dress. It looked to fit her body having only known this after she’d taken her coat off before she sat. After a moment of silence she lifts her brow still looking at me and i remembered then i should give an answer, “I’m just frustrated at…,” I look down at the paper turning it back to the front to find it’s owner.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavwLx73dTV
“Finn Growman?”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVw4XUt1Y5e
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“Ahh him, he never pays attention in class yet aspires to be the best known novelist.”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46gunXXvxo
“Is it his first year?”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWSeLiC6lb
“No, he put off taking his required courses so now he’s in his third year struggling to keep up. I’ll have Mr. Lui checks up on him just in case but I've seen so many students take that dangerous path and wind up dropping out.”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMo3vwjclv
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“It’s really mostly about motivation I guess. He could still become a novelist without a degree if he worked hard to do so.”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCg4uJHvBrH
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She drops the paper she’d been studying onto her desk, turning in her chair to fully look at me, “What’s your motivation?”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAorh5NbMi
“To be successful”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSjmliCZ3B
The middle of her brows crease as she pauses before asking another question, “For whom?”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5R192j7FF
“...Myself of course. I want to be stable after I leave college. I even have a few jobs secured. All I have to do is choose after next semester.”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLg6lEyzuM
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She hums, intertwining her hands together looking as if she’s trying to keep herself still, “Are you staying in Helena?”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMqxkieN5Y
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“Oh yea, my best friend said she’d loan out her guestroom for my stuff after graduation while I look for a place on my own.”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafvQaeC5jz
“What about your family?”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHvfTAyDMx
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“What about it”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OdnYbutE5
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“That part of your application was mainly left blank. Well except for a woman named Rory but you had listed her as a guardian but not a parent.”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpYYdQ3Hfe
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“My birth parents were too unreliable to put on important information. If the school needed to call someone for me I trust her more than anyone.”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IgC2yGT3i
“Had she raised you?”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCpUXdAYto
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“Practically… actually yes she did.”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAeqlZsZAs
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“Am I asking too much?”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtz8VzqHNzz
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“No it’s fine, I don't mind answering any questions you have. Though i would like you to keep this information to yourself. Rumors can lead to misguided details and then I'll end up being known as an orphan.”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fMsU37fzc
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“I don’t trust the people I work with enough to gossip like that. And it’s like you speak with experience of this happening.”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlsXT3Xb9p
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“Only once but I made sure to set people straight. While I'm talking about myself, what about you?”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yMY3XZKzA
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She looks contemplative raising her hand to push a strand of her dark red hair that moved in front of her face out of the way, “I can’t say i’ve been called an orphan though ‘bitch’ or ‘cold hearted’ might’ve been thrown at me”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hEY6mWAqk
“Why?”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCl7KQ6f0c
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“Well I'm not the most friendly person. I mean I only found out the repairman who’s been working here for nearly fifteen years was Lucas. And I know that simply because you made the effort to introduce yourself, something I'd never do unless necessary.”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvNAHYonmU
I smile remembering how he told of his wife and kids after he’s warmed up to me, “I just thought it’d be weird seeing him so many times without knowing who he was. Plus I hadn't had hot chocolate in a long time and he offered some when I kept staring.”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyg85mlJJN
When my gaze finds hers again she now has a fitted smile showing pearly white teeth, “You seem to stare a lot no matter the object or person”283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTeEGezXJD
I let out a breath i didn’t even know i held in before responding, “I know”
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