~Jason
I stood in the corner of the gym, the music thumping so hard I could feel it in my teeth. I adjusted my glasses and pulled at the collar of my suit.
It was a size too big, handed down from my brother Mark, who was the star quarterback. My brothers—Mark, Luke, Matt, and Sam—were all out there on the dance floor, surrounded by people. Everyone loved them.
I wasn't like them. I was the puny kid. The one who stayed in the back. The one who had to wear noise-canceling headphones in the hallways sometimes because the world just got too loud.
I couldn't throw a football to save my life, but I could solve a complex calculus equation in my head before my teacher could finish writing it on the board.
Numbers made sense. People didn't. Especially girls.
I looked at my watch. I had calc
