"Oh cool," he nodded and took a seat next to her. "I'm mostly done. Not really getting my hopes up, I guess. Seems like no one gets out of here. I kind of thought that if anyone was going to it would definitely be Jacen, you know?" ben was't really sure why everyone who lived off of the island was entitled to a better education than those who lived on it, but that seemed to be the case. What was keeping Jacen, Katie, Calvin or even himself from going to an Ivy League school? It was suspicious, but so were a lot of things. His knowledge of Mia's "vision problems" made him a little more wary of things around him. But maybe he had nothing to worry about. Maybe the schools outside really were that competitive, and he and his perfectly vrilliant friends just didn't stack up. And maybe there was something in the water that was mutating people? Right. Maybe there was something going on, and maybe there wasn't, but Ben also liked to believe the best about people. He wasn't dwelling on it. And anyway, there was Katie.
"Really? I mean, of course. Me too... So! How are... Things?"