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Suddenly she stood up and started pacing around the roo

Startled, she turned to me "I don’t know I have to think about it," shein her sleep, the heht

The next o to Horticulture It was our first day back in classes Eleanor was in bed, curled up, facing the wall I prodded her gently "Eleanor, get up We have Horticulture at six"

Eleanor lay with her back to ," she said miserably "I’m not in that class anyo without me"

I waited a moment to see if she would roll over, but she didn’telse to do, I left for class without her

That athered by the chapel, until Professor Muates of the campus

"Renée," Brett called out to ht "Oh hi, Brett"

He jogged up tolike a robust ski instructor in a winter coat and a blue-and-yellow Gottfried scarf, his brown curls e?"

"It’s okay," I said "You know, I’ve been better"

"Break wasn’t so great?"

I laughed and shook my head "That’s the understatement of the year But I did watch a lot of movies"

"Crappy horror ed, pleased with himself "You seem like the type"

"What do you s whenever we’re in class"

I bitback to the first day of class, when I found the dead fawn, or later in the semester when I found the carcass of a bird ere supposed to be collecting baby saplings; or when I found a frozen squirrel ere supposed to be learning about seasonal ht"

Brett stuffed his hands in his pockets "It’s not a bad thing Professor Muy Maybe it’s soh, I said, "Yeah, right More like a curse A Gottfried Curse"

I looked at hinized the term, but he didn’t seem to be familiar with it

"Anyway, I just wanted to say I’m sorry," Brett said "About Eleanor"

I smiled, unexpectedly comforted by normal conversation "Thanks"