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I tried to breathe through the tightness inrabbed it and brought it closer to his face, staring at the screen

His gaze bounced fro one hand on reat score” He turned on his awatt smile, which always seemed to pullthe trick now

I licked my dry lips “It is” So why did I feel like I was in need of athat I couldn’t do this, that I wasn’t cut out for med school Wouldn’t it be so much easier if I just sucked? If the concepts didn’t stick and I couldn’t do it?

Shaking my head, I took the phone from his hand “I have an A in the class, a perfect e GPA of a UPenn anic cheainst the door to oing to be so happy I can retake the MCAT to give me an even better shot at acceptance”

I’d have to cut back on dance My brain was mush after a seven-hour practice exaraphy, let alone drag myself out of my apartment after that

I tapped uides and start working on that this weekend I aiting until after the semester ended, but I need to start now” My voice was desperation tinged with hysteria A barrage of MCAT test prep options filled my phone; then it was plucked fro screen

“Why does it sound like you’re walking to your own execution?”

“I’rade had cemented my future

Ford traveling all the tis easier I didn’t have to make any hard choices I’d be buried under coursework for the next seven years ofwith the lights?

“You need to calrabbedcrazy fast”

“Colm will be thrilled” I’d have to tell him in a call and hear the excitement in his voice I stared at the picture of us on top ofthere in ear, our parents beside hione to his freshman year

“What about you?” Ford ducked his head to catch my eye

I licked ain “What about me?” Who was I without this plan?

“This is not how soreat news like this You’ve been busting your ass for this, working so hard, and you look like someone just told you Santa’s not real”

“Santa’s not real?”