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number in there as well so when he ignores you, you can call me and
set up a time to come over.”
    “Sounds like a plan to me.” I got to my feet and
grabbed my bag. “It was nice meeting you, Sophie. I’ll see you
later Blake.” Without waiting for a reply, I walked out of the room
and headed to my math class. David and Rachel were already there
and they were looking at me curiously when I sat down. “What?”
    Rachel tilted her head to the side. “Did you
really tell a teacher that you were going to make Blake Adams do a
project with you?”
    My jaw dropped as I stared at them. “How the
hell did you hear about that?”
    David put his elbows on his desk and leaned
forward. “Anything to do with Blake is kind of big news around this
school. I didn’t realize that you knew him.”
    My brows furrowed as I looked between them. “Why
is it big news? And I only have the one class with him.”
    “I grew up with Blake,” David said. “We were
actually best friends up until two years ago. He was the school
golden boy; popular, smart, good at sports. But after his accident,
everything changed. I tried to help him become the person he was
before, but he kept pushing me away.”
    “Wait, so he wasn’t always blind?”
    “Nope. He went blind two years ago and turned
into the guy you see now. He pushed everyone away and stopped
participating in anything. He’s a loner now and only talks to his
cousin, Sophie. And I think he only talks to her because he lives
with her and her mom.”
    “Where are his parents?”
    “They bailed after they found out that he was
going to be blind for the rest of his life. His dad is in politics
and apparently having a son that isn’t perfect doesn’t help with
his public persona or something. They poured a ton of money into
the school so that he could stay here and then they left him with
his mom’s sister.”
    The bell rang, cutting off any further
conversation. I didn’t pay attention to the teacher at all during
the class, because my mind was racing with everything that I had
just learned. Blake’s attitude made a little more sense to me now.
His parents had abandoned him, which probably made him feel like he
was no longer worthy of their love. In response to that, he now
lashed out at everyone around him and kept himself closed off. I
understood how that felt, since I’d done the same thing nine months
ago. But I was lucky, because I had two wonderful people in my life
who had pulled me out of my own despair and forced me to start
living again. Maybe now I could return that favour by helping
Blake, though I had a feeling it wouldn’t be an easy task.
    That afternoon, I brought my Ipod to the park
with me. I saw Blake at his bench so I went and sat beside him.
Instead of saying anything, I grabbed his hand and placed one of
the ear buds into it. I put the other one in my ear and waited
patiently while he obviously debated on whether or not to put his
in his ear or not. Finally he gave in and put it in. I flicked
through my Ipod until I found the playlist that I’d made shortly
after my accident and started it up. The songs were mainly about
overcoming whatever life threw at you, and I’d found listening to
them during some of my more intense therapy sessions had
helped.
    After twenty minutes Blake pulled his ear bud
out so I paused the music and turned to him. He didn’t say anything
for a few minutes but then he tilted his head in my direction. “I
guess I can do the project with you.”
    I couldn’t help but smile at his words. “Aww,
I’m flattered.”
    He snorted and shook his head. “You’re kind of
strange.”
    I shrugged. “I’ve been called worse.” I reached
down and scratched Tonto’s head. “Want to meet my dog?”
    “I guess.”
    I gave Tonto the command that let him know he
was allowed to greet Blake. “This is Tonto, my Yellow Lab. I’ve had
him for three years now.”
    Blake was frowning as he patted Tonto’s head.
“Why do you have a service