Chapter <b>58 </b>


    “You’re joking…right? There’s no way you’re serious…are you?<i>” </i>


    I put my pencil down and looked Casey directly in the eyes.


    <i>“</i>I’m not. I’ve been working on it for a few <i>years</i><i>; </i><i>I’ve </i><i>finally </i>created <i>the </i><i>perfect </i>formbination<i>.</i><i>” </i>


    Casey could hardly believe his ears.


    “For a few years?? You mean to tell me <i>you’ve </i>been <i>working </i>on <i>this </i><i>since </i><i>middle </i><i>school</i><i>?!</i><i>” </i>


    Middle sch…Oh yeah, I supposed that is what I’ll have to say.


    “Yeah, <i>I </i><i>guess </i>so<i>.</i>”


    Casey stared at me in total disbelief, just this morning he’d thought this young girl–was just some


    legacy kid riding off her parents‘ hype, turns out she may have surpassed even them.


    <i>“</i><i>ra</i><i>, </i><i>you’d </i><i>tell </i><i>me </i><i>if </i><i>you </i><i>were </i><i>an </i><i>alien</i>…<i>right</i><i>?</i><i>” </i>


    WHAT!


    I let out a loud and hystericalugh. Though it was understandable why he would think that, it


    didn’t make his words any less hrious. Not wanting to freak Casey out anymore, I decided to give him an exnation about my research.


    “I’m not an <i>alien </i><i>Casey</i><i>…</i><i>I </i><i>promise</i><i>. </i><i>Before </i><i>my </i><i>mom </i><i>died</i><i>, </i><i>she </i><i>made </i><i>a </i>lot <i>of </i><i>groundbreaking </i><i>medicinal </i>discoveries, <i>unfortunately </i><i>she </i><i>died </i><i>before </i><i>she </i><i>could </i><i>finish </i><i>it and </i><i>put </i><i>it all </i><i>together</i>. <i>Once </i><i>I </i><i>started </i>studying <i>her </i>work, <i>I </i><i>was </i><i>able </i>to <i>put </i><i>a </i><i>lot </i>of <i>the </i><i>pieces </i><i>together</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>


    That wasn’t a lie, I had used a lot of my mother’s research to help advance my medicinal forms


    thus being able to create a lot the medications I made in my previous life.


    Casey nodded his head, epting my answer.


    <i>“</i>That makes sense. Your <i>mom </i>was amazing.<i>” </i>


    I smiled proudly; indeed, she truly was.


    <i>“</i><i>So </i>are <i>you</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>


    His words caught me off guard, Casey blushed slightly as he looked to the left avoiding eye contact.


    <i>“</i><i>Just </i><i>saying</i><i>, </i><i>you’d </i><i>have </i>to be a total genius to <i>even </i>understand these <i>equations </i>and an even bigger <i>freak </i>to advance them. <i>That’s </i><i>pretty </i>amazing <i>Rouleau</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>


    I blushed and smiled as I continued my work. Casey stayed in theb with me until I was finished, he even began to help.


    <i>“</i><i>I </i><i>should </i>start paying more attention, <i>this </i>could help <i>me </i><i>as </i>well.<i>” </i>


    He said as we began to clean up. By the time we got finished, the sun had already gone down. Casey offered to walk me back to my apartment.


    “You really don’t have to do <i>this </i><i>Casey</i>.”


    “It’s cool, <i>I </i>live in theplex too<i>, </i>I’m a <i>few </i><i>floors </i><i>up</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>


    As we entered my apartment, a sweet and spicy aroma hit both our noses. Gloria came put of the kitchen with a slightly angry expression on her face.


    “<i>Hey </i>young <idy</i><i>! </i><i>Where </i><i>have </i><i>you </i>been<i>? </i><i>sses </i><i>were </i><i>over </i><i>hours </i><i>ago</i><i>!</i><i>” </i>


    I couldn’t help butugh, I was scowled by my roommate for beingte. Watching her pout made both me and Caseyugh. Gloria beganughing too, popping my shoulder, she tried to get serious


    again.


    <i>“</i><i>Seriously </i><i>ra</i><i>, </i><i>I </i><i>was </i><i>really </i><i>worried </i><i>about </i><i>you</i>. <i>It </i><i>dawned </i><i>on </i><i>my </i><i>I </i><i>don’t </i><i>have </i><i>your </i><i>number</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>


    I apologized to Gloria for scaring her and thanked her for being so thoughtful. I exined to her I


    went to ab for some work. Afterwards, she thanked Casey for walking me home and offered him to


    join us for dinner. For the first time in a long time, it felt like I was having dinner with family.


    After dinner, Casey updated Gloria on what I was working on. She could hardly believe it.


    “So, wait! You <i>created </i><i>a </i><i>cure</i><i>!</i><i>” </i>


    “More or less.”


    Both Gloria and Casey looked at me like I had three heads. Finally, Gloria spoke,


    “Sheesh! I knew <i>you </i>were <i>amazing </i><i>ra</i>, but <i>you’re </i>on a whole different level<i>!</i>” <fn8f1e> ?? ??? ???? ?? ???? ???? ???????s, ????s? ??s?? find?novel</fn8f1e>


    After we winded down, I walked Casey to the door, suddenly he pulled outside.


    “I need a favor ra<i>,</i><i>” </i>


    Favor?


    “What is it?”


    Casey blushed and then looked through our window.


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    <i>“</i>Help me ask Gloria out.”


    Okay…didn’t expect that. Trying to figure out the right words, I scratched my head. Finally, I settled on a simple…


    <i>“</i>I’ll see <i>what </i>I <i>can </i><i>do</i><i>.</i>”


    That was enough for Casey, he hugged me tightly and headed home. Laughing I made my way back into my apartment and finished helping Gloria clean up.


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