XLI By the end of the week I suddenly got excited for Christmas break. This whole week has been great and I know it'll end once Katherine is back but for now I like it, I like us. "Okay class you took your midterm yesterday so today will be spent for your benefit." Mr. Morgan tells the class. "I want you all to do research on the colleges you want to go to and if you haven't already, apply to them." Mr. Morgan instructs as we get busy pulling out school laptops. I do so and Dean comes up to sit by me with his laptop. "I've already applied to mine so-" He starts but gets cut off when Shawn comes up to him and I. "What college are you going to Mr. Cooper?" He asks taking a seat across from the both of us. "Stanford." He replies almost instantly. Dean has practically always known where h

