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“Noooo…hoill I make friends with those older kids?” He looked up at me like I had all the answers

I wish I did “Easily You’re funny and great, how can they not want to be your friend?” His blue eyes showed me that he didn’t appreciate that answer and my heart ached in my chest “Science camp starts in a feeeks, chat up a few of the older kids if you can Maybe you’ll have a few friends when the new year starts”

“But Morade! After that I’ll be in sixth and then coht pink, and his eyes had turned pale in his anguish

“If you’re not ready then you don’t have to do it, Beau But I think you should think about it for a while before we do anything Okay?”

He nodded but I kneasn’t finished I could feel his gaze burning through the side ofwill ever work and now I have to think about the fifth grade,” he said as though it were on par with trying to pursue world peace And to him, I was sure it was just as important

“Tell you what, you think about the fifth grade and I’ll worry about the specialist” It was the best I could offer because I would never stop trying to help hty, I’d always do whatever I could to give hiest life possible

The drive to Dr Mankowski’s office would go quickly as soon as we moved away from the city traffic, so I relaxed behind the wheel and listened to Beau talk about all the experione to math camp, but he hadn’t enjoyed it quite ashis disappointment last year

“You don’t think math is useful?” I asked

He rolled his eyes “I guess it’s useful, but with science, you can see hoorks in the real world”

I laughed “And you think math doesn’t?”

He shook his head “No, Mom, you don’t understand”

“Well, I could argue the basics like paying bills and buying groceries or o a littleskills Buildings”

“But buildings also use science,” he argued correctly

“I think that means they’re both very useful in everyday life”

Beau groaned “I guess so”