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“It’s not like I mean for it to. It’s just how my mind works.”
“How’s the Concentra?”
Nick shrugged, unable to bring himself to meet Seth’s gaze. “I don’t know. It’s whatever. It doesn’t matter.” He hated talking about it. Having a disorder made him feel… disordered. It wasn’t fair that on top of all the other crap he had to deal with, his brain constantly felt like it was being electrified. Some people were born to be an Extraordinary. Nick was born to have a million thoughts in the space of a minute that often led to splitting headaches. It wasn’t fair.
“It’s going to be okay,” Seth said quietly, reaching out to squeeze Nick’s hand just once before letting it go. “It’ll take some time to get used to it.”
Ever the optimist. It was one of the things Nick loved most about Seth, even if it could be annoying in the long run. Seth was a good person, better than Nick would ever be. But for some reason,he’d stuck by Nick longer than anyone else. Which, of course, led Nick to following a strand of thought that led to— “You can’t like Rebecca Firestone. She’s the worst.”
Seth grinned, that sharply sweet smile he only seemed to have for Nick. “You’re an idiot.”
Hearing that from anyone else, Nick would’ve been pissed. But Seth wasn’t like anyone else, which meant Nick knew he wasn’t being a dick. “Yeah, well. Just so we’re clear. I wouldn’t like it very much.”
“I’ll keep that in mind, Nicky.” He bumped his shoulder against Nick’s. “We good?”
“Yeah. We’re—”
“Are you losers going to stand there all day? We’re going to be late. We still have to go through the metal detectors that are supposed to make it so we don’t die in class.”
They both jumped, looking over to see Gibby and Jazz staring at them from the steps to the school. Nick hadn’t even known they’d arrived already. Thank god he had friends so he didn’t need to be more aware of his surroundings.
“You ready for this?” Seth asked as Gibby and Jazz started climbing the stairs.
Nick took a deep breath and nodded. “Ready. This is going to be the best year ever. Wait and see.”
