How to Win At High School
“Deborah Menard: Bookworm.
Spends hours in the library, her nose in a book. Never speaks to anyone, just reads. Sometimes it’s European history. Sometimes it’s gardening manuals. Adam figures, anyone who reads that much has to be smart, right?
He finds Deborah in the back of the library at lunchtime. She jumps when he says her name. “Jesus,” he says. “Sorry. Didn’t mean to scare you. What are you reading?”
Deborah blushes a little. “On the Origin of Species,” she says. “Charles Darwin.”
(Bingo, ...Adam thinks.) “No kidding,” he says. “You into that stuff?”
“Evolution?” She fidgets. “I mean, I guess.”
Adam looks around. Nobody nearby. “Listen, can you keep a secret?”
Deborah’s eyes go wide. “Oh my god,” she says. “You’re the guy who does homework for money, right?”
Adam grins. “Uh, yeah. That’s actually what I want to talk to you about.”
Deborah gives him a look. “I don’t need my homework done for me, thanks. I can handle that myself.”MoreLess
Spends hours in the library, her nose in a book. Never speaks to anyone, just reads. Sometimes it’s European history. Sometimes it’s gardening manuals. Adam figures, anyone who reads that much has to be smart, right?
He finds Deborah in the back of the library at lunchtime. She jumps when he says her name. “Jesus,” he says. “Sorry. Didn’t mean to scare you. What are you reading?”
Deborah blushes a little. “On the Origin of Species,” she says. “Charles Darwin.”
(Bingo, ...Adam thinks.) “No kidding,” he says. “You into that stuff?”
“Evolution?” She fidgets. “I mean, I guess.”
Adam looks around. Nobody nearby. “Listen, can you keep a secret?”
Deborah’s eyes go wide. “Oh my god,” she says. “You’re the guy who does homework for money, right?”
Adam grins. “Uh, yeah. That’s actually what I want to talk to you about.”
Deborah gives him a look. “I don’t need my homework done for me, thanks. I can handle that myself.”MoreLess
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