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So… Lucas wasn’t writing an unnecessary drink order ontowhat I was ht about what I knew of hiht of the party After putting a stop to the attack, soed him to see me safely back to the dorht--my nickname--but I’d never noticed him before

He sat in the back row in econo attention to the lecture Saturday night, the firm touch of his hands as we danced made my head swim, before he disappeared without explanation He’d undressed me with his eyes, Erin said, in the middle of Starbucks--where he worked He was cocky and self-sure Tattooed and too hot for words He looked and acted like the Bad Boy Erin and Maggie believed hirah he knew all about Operation Bad Boy Phase, and he was as willing and eager to fill that role as my friends believed he’d be

But I didn’t know hiht ofto hiirls had openly stared as he passed, so around in his wake to assess hione home with most of them Why me?

Landon,

I’ve attached an outline of my research paper If you have a chance, could you make sure it’s not too broad, or too focused? I’m not sure how many economies outside the US to include Also, the J-curve is a little confusing I get that we can see it after the fact, but isn’t economics based on prediction, like the weather? I mean, who cares if we can only see what happened after the fact - if the weather guy can’t predict what’s going to happen toht?

I did the worksheets, too Sorry I’ you so much at once, and on a Monday I should have sent it earlier, but I went out with soet it done

JW

Jacqueline,

No proble or in class practically every waking hour I hardly notice what day it is I hope you enjoyed your night out

I know I initially said I didn’t need details of your breakup (if that was rude, I didn’t mean it that way); it must have been bad tois atypical for you

I’ve attached a WSJ article that explains the J-curve better than the text You’re exactly right, without the ability to predict, economics isn’t economics, it’s history And while history has its place in the predictable probabilities of both econoy, btw), it’s hardly useful if you need to knohether or not to invest in foreign currency or bring your umbrella to school

LM

I stared at the e to coht and day, but I only knew half of each of the looks and his ability to beat the shit out of so ould have happened in that interaction with Buck, if Lucas had been with me I wondered if Buck would have dared to look at ht of Buck’s cold eyes exa shallow for caring, I speculated again what Landon ht have on what I thought of him His compliments made me stare at my laptop and smile He’d said my ex was a moron, and now he seemed to be interested in our breakup Intoo ether al I followed hi arts school My orchestra teacher nearly had a stroke when I told him He pleaded with me to audition at Oberlin or Julliard, but I didn’t I can’t blame anyone but myself I trusted my future to my HS boyfriend, like an idiot Now I’m stuck somewhere I’m not supposed to be I don’t know if I just believed that much in hi stupid, huh? So there’s my weepy little story

Thank you for the article

JW

Jacqueline,

Not stupid Overly trusting, maybe, but that reflects on his lack of trustworthiness, not on your intelligence As for being somewhere you’re not supposed to be – maybe you’re here for a reason, or there is no reason As a scientist, I lean toward the latter Either way, you’re off the hook You made a decision; now you ht? On that note, I’m off to study for a statistical mechanics quiz Who knows, maybe I’ll be able to prove scientifically that your ex isn’t worthy of you, and you’re exactly where you should be

LM

When Erin cah the door, I was half-asleep and surrounded by conjugated Spanish verbs printed on colored index cards I scooped e of my bed

"So? Did you call him or text him? Did you use the stuff ent over? What did he say?"

I sighed "Neither"

She lay back on the bed, flinging her arms wide dramatically as I snatched up cards before she creased them "You chickened out"

I stared at the cards in my hand Yo habré, tú habrás, él habrá, nosotros habremos… "Yeah, maybe"

"Hmm You know, this is better Don’t call Make hihed at my creased brow "Guys like Chaz are so much easier Hell, I could tell hihed at the visual that produced, because it was probably true I thought about Kennedy About what kind of guy he was He’d chased , but he didn’t have to try very hard to catchin his dreams and plans, because he’d o