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He went on to explain meal times, activities on the ship, locations of the bookstore and our classrooms I took copious notes while Paxton sat with his ar bored

"Now this is the first excursion of its kind I’ra here It’s a full acadeo home for Christe You’re expected to keep up your grades, and you can be expelled like at any other school This program is unique in its iven, and its work-study program Respect all the students aboard, stay out offine"

The differences in the programs hat made this one so much more expensive--hell, it catered to rich kids--but the work-study made it possible for people like me The expense afforded the luxury for kids like Paxton

"Ready for Lit?" Paxton asked as we exited the auditoriu both directions down the hall

"I think the crew is still hungover Besides, they’re not that interested in the academic side of this Hey," he said to Brooke as she started to pass us "Little John said you had the Bermuda papers"

"I did," she answered "Don’t worry, I popped them into your safe after I faxed them over to the permit office"

"Sweet Thank you," he said before she went ahead to her class

"It must take a lot of coordination to do…whatever it is you do"

"It does I’reat friends to do it with"

As alked down the narrow halls, I was acutely aware of the eyes on us, but I didthe trip, then so be it

"So, Ia sideways look at Paxton "She’s…u his head "Was she a bitch?"

"She was…unfriendly"

He flinched "I’d apologize for her, but she wouldn’t be sorry When they opened up the reservations for the tea, but then she signed up, and I couldn’t tell her no She’s a Renegade"

He held the door for me into our classroom, and I buried my instinct to s a gentleman "How inals who started the channel, and we do the er ones, but the entire team is about fifteen of us, plus cainal Brooke and Penna handle a ton of our tech, but Penna’s also a badass on a bike Don’t let her cute looks fool you"