Abby did as she promised and stopped dropping by at Jared's office at random hours. She now came at office hours, and although two or three other people were usually there along with her, there were rare days when she was the only one that came by to ask for help.
Jared was frustrated with her. She knew everything. She was ahead of the class in her reading, assignments — everything. He couldn't understand why she kept coming over to bother him. Jared got lost in his mind when explaining something to her, which was unlike himself. He couldn't help it. He just couldn't be bothered especially when he knew she didn't need the help. He felt bad when she nudged him back to reality or gave him a sad frown, but he couldn't feel bad about it. There was nothing to teach her, and she was just wastin
