She grinned. “I’ll definitely look into that. It definitely seems like a myth, especially when teachers don’t bring it up,” she said, wondering if Cory had ever asked for extra credit, or if he thought it was a myth as well. She’d definitely have to remember to ask him about it.
“Well, hey, that was a lucky guess,” she said, resting her head on her hand. “Though, I mean … I figured you were around in that age group.” She glanced down at the basketball and then looked back up at him. “You don’t have to keep talking to me if you’d rather play, you know. I don’t mind.”
“That’s because it’s extra work for them,” he shrugged. “But they’re usually okay helping you out if you actually take the initiative to ask.” He’d had one or two exceptionally bad grades in high school and only made up for them by doing extra work. He guess it depended on the teacher, too.
“Powers of deduction, yeah,” he nodded. He followed her gaze to the ball but looked back at her, pausing after her next sentence. “Yeah,” he said finally, the word maybe sounding a bit abrupt. “I mean, I should let you study, too,” he said, moving to get up. He’d never had trouble until recently with those sorts of statements, but in the frame of mind he’d been lately, they always came off to him like dismissals.
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rymarshall reblogged this from alainbrowne and added: “I will,” he nodded, heading out onto the court.
