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He scrubs a hand over the back of his neck “I wanted to apologize for showing up at your door so early this ht and lost track of time”

“It was fine,” I assure him “I’m usually up extra early to study”

“Ah” He crosses his arms over his chest “You’re one of those”

Tilting e a smile “I’m one of what?”

“A do-gooder” He laughs “You probably ace every assignment and test”

“Is that a bad thing?”

“When it comes time to apply for medical school, it’s not” His expression softens “I reh all those science courses”

“It’s all-consu,” I admit “But I love it I’ve alanted to be a doctor”

His eyes lock onto study Friends, fun, food”

I nod three times “I have almost zero time for any of that”

“Make soaze to the watch on his wrist before he looks at ain “Have dinner with me”

“Dinner with you?” I repeat back slowly, unsure if I heard him correctly

I had to have misunderstood him There’s no way he just asked me out for dinner

“Spare an hour or two to have dinner with , so I consider us friends I promise the conversation will be fun, and pizza is food”

I stare at him, unable to forht my day would end

“When I was in college, sorind,” he explains “She had already been through it, so she understood the pressure on ht, and it was the break I needed”

Before I can say anything, he continues, “It was Erin Stein In a way, this is a full-circle moment fora break fro the same for one of her students”

Maybe Gwynn is right after all Maybe he is fucking Professor Stein, and he thinks buying ain points with her

So deflates inside of me

“There’s a hole in the wall place a couple of blocks froestures to the lobby doors “We’ll share a pie, and I proh tiht is over”

I have nothing to lose at this point, so I nod “Count me in”

Chapter Ten