I spent all Saturday studying and praying with Maria.
I realized that my roommate was truly available and unselfish. She spent the entire Saturday afternoon explaining algebra to me, showing no sign of impatience at my stupidity.
Thanks to her I understood a lot and ended up being able, to my great satisfaction, to solve all the exercises without needing Zack"s little notes.
The next day I was more than determined to make Maria have fun, despite her reticence to dress up for snowball fights.
"Trust me. You"ll have fun."
"I don"t know."
"At most, we"ll go back upstairs and continue studying" I reassured her, knowing how much she was also eager to forget about books for once.
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