I was really not surprised by it when I got a message from Blake before bed. I was used to him now.
This one was a little easier to decipher, and I was actually rather surprised by the fact it wasn’t rude or pushy for once.
‘If you were serious about that offer, I’d be really grateful for the help.’
‘I was :) could kind of do with more on my college applications tbh…”
It wasn’t a lie. I had been given a new name, new clothes, a new house, and a new sister; but I had not been given much in the way of stuff to add to my applications and I had worked so hard to make sure I would stand out enough to get into an amazing college that it was heartbreaking to look at the almost empty page I would have to submit now.
A little extra credit was more than a way of spending time with Blake; it was
