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[abrightboy]

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[creeksidealtarboy]

"I feel like I've told you a lot. You're like Miss Rebecca. 'Cept she's better looking."

[abrightboy]

"I feel like you've told me a lot, too. Who's Miss Rebecca?" Malcolm asks.

[creeksidealtarboy]

"She's my teacher. She didn't want me goin' to the mines, so she helped me get to the high school. Gave me extra lessons and shit," he explains.

[abrightboy]

"She believed in you," Malcolm observes. "Did you graduate?"

[creeksidealtarboy]

"Yeah, she did," he agrees, a little smile on his face. "And uh - I did. Did a few college courses by mail, but never finished, obviously."

He shrugs. "Maybe I will later."

[abrightboy]

“You’ve got lots of time,” Malcolm tells him. “You can get a jump on it in the Library here.”

[creeksidealtarboy]

"Yeah, I know."

He downs the rest of the second drink, swallowing back the cough this time.

"I know what I can and can't do."

[abrightboy]

“What do you think you’d like to study if you do that?” Malcolm asks.

[creeksidealtarboy]

"Don't know. Everything. Medicine. Literature. I don't gotta choose when I'm here."

Aaron wants to do everything. He's still young, still unsure of what he wants and how he wants to do it.

[abrightboy]

“That’s a great approach. Leave all your doors open,” Malcolm agrees.

[creeksidealtarboy]

"I plan on it, doc." He leans forward. "We done for today?"

He's feeling like he got far too close to the sun on some subjects, but he's still feeling like he came out on top. It's a balance.

[abrightboy]

“These are your sessions. We’re done when you say we’re done,” Malcolm tells him.

[creeksidealtarboy]

"Yeah, then I think I'm done. Same time next week?"

He so much wants Malcolm to approve of him, to like him, and that means coming to these sessions. But he also wants to keep his privacy and his secrets, which also means keeping him at a distance. It's a very fine line he's trying to walk.

[abrightboy]

“Absolutely,” Malcolm agrees. “Do you want to meet here again or somewhere else?”

[creeksidealtarboy]

"Here's fine, doc." Anywhere else would be a distraction and people might see him. Thats' not what he wants.

[abrightboy]

“Sounds good. See you then,” Malcolm tells him.

[creeksidealtarboy]

Aaron pauses at the table, almost like he wants to add something, then turns and walks off, whistling to himself.