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“You’re in my class My psych class My—”

“Statistics for Behavioral Sciences,” he grinned “Yeah”

“That’s why you were looking at ”

He laughed out loud It was one of the better sounds I’d heard in a long ti?” I watched as his skin flushed red “Sorry, I— ”

“No no,” I smiled “Please don’t be sorry You’re my hero! You saved me Saved my stuff”

He nodded back to the bench, where round “If the thief were srabbed one of our textbooks,” he joked “They’re like a zillion dollars each anyway”

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bsp; He stuck out his hand I took it, and he squeezed ently

“I’m Brody by the way Brody Valentine”

“Valentine?” I smiled “That’s really your last name”

He frowned i to be offended “Why? What’s wrong with—”

“Nothing,” I said quickly “Actually it’s kinda cool”

Brody guided ers ran by Innocent ones, this time

“Well,” I said after an aard pause, “you have to take so”

I began rifling through , but he laid his hand over mine