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to stay friends
with the person I used to be. Not the person that I am.”
    I tilted my head as something occurred to me.
“Is that why you’re more willing to talk to me? Because I didn’t
know you before?”
    “Are you still friends with everyone from before
whatever happened to you?” he asked in response.
    I opened my mouth to reply and then shut it
again as I really thought about that for a minute. “Not really,” I
finally said slowly. “Our situations are different, but I think I
see where you’re coming from.”
    “What I went through was hard enough without
having all these people around who wanted me to be who I was
before. It was easier to just push everyone away.”
    “I can understand that,” I murmured. “Why are
you suddenly being so open with me?”
    He shrugged. “I don’t know; maybe I just feel
bad for being a bit of an ass yesterday. Don’t expect me to be like
this all the time though.”
    “I won’t; besides, I kind of like your cranky
side. It makes for more interesting conversations with you.”
    He startled me by chuckling a little. “You’re
right; you really aren’t normal.”
    “Told you. So are we friends now?”
    He sighed and nodded slowly. “I have a feeling
I’m going to regret this, but yes; we’re friends.”
     

Chapter seven
     
     
    Saturday morning found me driving to Blake’s
house in the morning to work on our project together for the first
time. In the few days since he’d agreed we were friends, not much
had really changed during school aside from me walking him to his
second period class every day. Outside of school however, he had
started opening up a little and we talked a bit more when we met at
the park. But I found that he seemed happiest when we sat quietly
on the bench, listening to my Ipod together.
    His house was only a five minute drive from
mine, which made sense since we both walked to the same park almost
every day. I pulled into the driveway and parked the car, gazing at
the house as I did so. It wasn’t as big as my uncle’s place, but it
was still obviously owned by someone wealthy. I remembered that
David had said Blake’s father was in politics, and I idly wondered
if the house belonged to him or if it belonged to Sophie’s mom.
    I got out of my car and walked to the front
door. I rang the doorbell and a moment later it was opened by a
woman who looked to be in her late thirties with dark blonde hair
and gray eyes that looked at me curiously. “Hello.”
    “Hi, I’m Hailey. I’m here to work on a project
with Blake.”
    Her eyes lit up. “Oh yes, Sophie mentioned that
you were coming by. Please, come in.” She stepped back and held her
arm out in welcome.
    I walked inside and looked around the
entranceway. “You have a beautiful home,” I told her.
    She smiled warmly. “Thank you. I’m Caroline, by
the way. Blake’s aunt.”
    “It’s nice to meet you.”
    “Believe me, the pleasure is all mine. I can’t
believe you’re getting that boy to actually do something. Lord
knows I’ve tried everything I can think of for the past two
years.”
    I shrugged and smiled slightly. “I’m just too
stubborn to give up, that’s all.”
    “Well, he’s in the office so let me show you the
way. Sophie is out right now and I’ll be leaving shortly, but feel
free to make yourself at home. I know Blake probably won’t remember
to use his manners and offer you something to drink throughout the
day.”
    I laughed as I followed her down a hallway. “No,
manners definitely aren’t his strong suit, that’s for sure.”
    She stopped in front of an open door and
gestured for me to go in. “Go ahead. All the electronics in here
are voice activated so Blake can use them all. Don’t let him con
you into doing all the work by trying to use the fact that he’s
blind as an excuse.”
    I tossed a grin at her over my shoulder as I
passed her to go into the office. “Oh, I won’t.” I turned to look
ahead of me and saw Blake sitting on a