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"Aced it, I'h she probably did ace it

"How'd your o?" I asked Noah as I prepared a plate of food for hi doith er and frustration on Noah’s face "That bad?"

Noah mustered up a smile "It was fine"

"Don't tellroom

Noah turned in his chair to stare at her "What's this?"

"You don't know?" I asked Noah

"No Remember, I just transferred here this semester," he replied with a touch of i to increase the grades of cute co-eds so long as they do him favors"

Noah looked contemplative "Is this a random rumor or one that you have actual proof of?"

"No actual proof, but it happened to Lana"

"Tell me," Noah demanded harshly Lana looked a little taken aback by Noah's tone "Sorry" He tried again "Please, will you share with hed at Noah's weak attempt at humility Lana said, "It was second se first year Statistics because, you know, psychology is a lot of about statistics" Noah and I shook our heads that we didn't know this "Yeah, well it is I think Dr Billings hates underclassmen, and so to airls he'd like to bone and probably fantasizes about all the dirty things he'd like to do with us I felt like I needed to take a shower after every class based on how he looked at me"

Noah frowned I could almost see his protective nature rise up behind his calls rade could be i with hiinal donors who’d endowed the Smith Entrepreneurial Center here, and that shut his was too afraid I ht mention to my dad how much I didn't like the man Too bad for him, he doesn't know that Dad never listens to ainst the plate, Noah muttered, "So he's afraid of donors He's reckless with his money"

"What's this about?" I asked

Looking down at his plate, Noah appeared to conte to clear my mind," he admitted

"Did it work?"

Noah

Grace's patience was never ending I had recklessly banked on that fact before when I hoped that she'd wait forto me only to receive a blow off letter, Grace should've run off with the first guy that asked her, but her love was so strong and steady and enduring that she was still available when I hunted her down just four o She should've slapped me across the face, but sheain

I couldn't reward her tolerance with more obfuscation I didn't even care that Lana was there to overhear "Billings strongly suggested I throw ainst rade and scholarship would be in jeopardy if I didn’t"

"My God," Grace exclaier she exhibited on s was like a kitten against a pitbull I was suddenly glad Grace's classes never took her into Billings' circle "We need to report hi in her seat to face Lana, Grace asked, "Did you file a coainst hiht, Noah?"

"Right," I said sourly The probleainst his Given that I was dating Grace, a complaint by her cousin anddown a professor who gave a poor grade to a jock on a scholarship rather than an aded our dirty dishes into a pile and stomped to the dishwasher I helped clear the rest of the table and then took the dishes froer

"So this jerk just gets aith preying on students?"