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“Hey now, you’re the one threating to shit in your hands, drama queen,” she teased.
“They want to change me, Molloy. Make me into a whole different person. It’s not who I am. I’m me.”
“They don’t want to change you, Joe. They want to support you.”
“I don’t get it.”
“I know you don’t, and that makes me love you even more.”
“You’re a dope.”
“You love me.”
“Yeah.” I do. I smiled to myself. “So, did you get your leaving-cert results yet? They came out this morning, right?”
“Yeah,” she sighed dramatically. “But I haven’t been over to the school to collect them yet.”
“Why the hell not?”
“Because I didn’t want to miss your call.”
“Molloy.” Guilt sucker-punched me in the chest. “You need to go and get your results.”
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“I failed.”
My heart sank.
“What do you mean you failed?”
“I mean I failed the leaving cert in spectacular fashion.”
“Molloy.”
“It’s not all bad,” she was quick to say. “Kev got six hundred points. So, he’ll be heading off to his top-choice university.”
Like I gave a shit what her brother got.
“Let’s see.” I heard her sigh sadly as the sound of paper ruffling filled my ears. “D in Business. E in Irish. E in Maths. E in History. Oh, I got a C in Biology. D in English. Oh, and another D in Home Ec.”
“I’m sorry, queen.”
“Yep.” Another heavy sigh. “Want some more crappy news?”
“What?”
“I didn’t get in.”
“To St. John’s?”
“The rejection letter came yesterday.”
Fuck.
“So, yeah, stud, it turns out you’re not the only one heading back to school.”
I frowned. “You’re going back to school?”
