Five Years of Make-Believe — Episode 9

When he was going after me, I couldn't help sharing some things with him, including I want to get into an Ivy League school. but I never said which specific school how could he be so sure I wouldn't get in I felt annoyed then I realized something felt off why'd you suddenly

talk so loud earlier I didn't mean to I didn't control my voice sorry sorry won't happen again I wanted to say more four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in Liberty Let me see your test.

Behind me, Ethan poked my back. I turned and handed him my newly returned physics test. He flipped through it, staring at that big fat 61, frowning hard. What's Julian's rank?

Top 5% of the grade. What about you? Somewhere in the middle, around the 60th percentile. I felt embarrassed.

Pretty slick. You can advance or retreat as needed. Stick with me. I'll get you into the top 3% of the grade and crush Julian. You got confidence? I doubted his abilities. He hadn't taken any major exams since transferring.

Can you actually do it? Guess you'll just have to find out.