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-The Avett Brothers,Paranoia in B flat Major

Chapter Five

My pulse is pounding against my temples as I climb out of bed I’m in dire need offro and inadequate sleep

I make a quick pot of coffee and sit down at the bar and drink it in silence, as I dread the day that lies ahead ofhis pajaily as he grabs a cup out of the sink strainer He walks over to the coffee pot and proceeds to pour coffee into the World's Greatest Dad cup

"What do you think you’re doing?" I ask hiht" Kel clirade is rough I had two hours of hos the cup to his mouth

I take the coffee out of his hands and pour the contents intointo the trashcan I walk to the refrigerator, grab a juice and place it in front of hih the hole at the top of the pouch, bringing it to his mouth "Did you see they delivered the rest of our stuff yesterday? Mo by ourselves, you know," he says, obviously trying to guiltin half an hour"

It begins to snow again just as I drop Kel off at school I hope Will is right about it being gone soon I hate the snow I hate Michigan

When I arrive at the school, I go straight to the ad on her computer when she notices uess, you want 'C' lunch now?"

I should have brought her Kel’s coffee

"Actually, I need a list of third period electives I want to switch classes"

She shoots lance "Aren’t you in the Poetry elective with Mr Cooper? That’s one of the more popular electives"

"That’s the one," I confirm "I’d like to withdraw"

"Well, you have until the end of the week before I subrabs a sheet and hands it to me "Which class do you prefer?"

I look over the short list of available electives

Botany

Russian Literature

My options are limited

"I’ll take Russian Literature for two hundred, Alex"

She rolls her eyes as she turns and enters the inforuess she’s heard that one before She hands me yet another ‘ne schedule, and a yellow for it back to me before third period and you’ll be all set"

"Great," I mumble as I exit the office

When I successfully navigate my way to Will's classroohts turned out Seeing hiain was not on my to-do list for the day, so I decide to take matters into my own hands I reach into ainst the door to the classrooood idea"

I spin around and see Will standing behindacross his shoulder, keys in hand My sto khaki slacks and a black shirt, tucked in at the waist The color of his tiethem hard to look away from He looks so, professional

I step back as he moves past me and puts his key in the door He enters the rooht switch on as he places his satchel on the desk I' in the doorhen he motions for me to come in

I smack the forht I’d spare you the trouble," I say, defending my actions with a defensive tone

Will picks up the forrimaces

"Russian Lit? That’s what you chose?"

"It was either that or Botany," I reply evenly

Will pulls his chair out and sits He grabs a pen and lays the paper flat, pressing the tip of the pen on the line He hesitates, though, and lays the pen down on the paper without signing his naht…about what you said yesterday," he says "It’s not fair of me to ask you to transfer just because it makes me uneasy We live a hundred yards apart; our brothers are becoood for us, help us figure out how to navigate e’re around each other Besides," he says this as he pulls a paper from his satchel and shoves it forward on the desk "You’ll obviously breeze through"