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Maybe I should wear a letter on ht was exciting clearly didn’t have the same impression on my professor

Holding the paper up against liht h to myself, which is a lot better than the self-pity I’ve been ing in since my professor handed back our papers

“What the hell are you doing, crazy?”

I look up to findin the doorway to our small two-person space I was so distracted by the paper that I didn’t hear the door open

Jessica is looking at me like I’ve lost it I suppose it’s not norainst their chest while laughing maniacally

“I got a B on my Scarlet Letter essay”

“So?” Jessica asks, still staring at rade, Mari”

“Not for me!”

Jessica rolls her perfect blue eyes Not only is she my roommate, but she is also my best friend and has been since elementary school Since we both were accepted to NYU, it’s only natural that we share a cramped dorm room so small that our beds practically touch

“You care way too rades, Mari You’re stressed all of the tiood”

“Your version of fun isn’t my version of fun We both know that, Jess”

She just laughs “That’s true, but co out over a B Do you kno happy I would be if I got a B on a paper?”

“You could do well in school if you tried,” I say with a wry smile

Jessica shrugs

“I just don’t see the point My dad h school As a result, I don’t want to waste time on stuff that I know is pointless”