SOPHIA
"What did you get me?" I ask Abdallah, as Mama announces that it's time for gift exchange between the two of us.
Please let it not be jewelry. Please. Please.
He blinks back his confusion. "I have absolutely no idea. Ma got it."
Great. He couldn't even be bothered to buy something of his choice.
And, why, for the life of me, does that bother me? It's not like I got him anything.
It's definitely the nervousness. Which leads me to think about the Nervous System.
Central Nervous System. Peripheral Nervous System. Neurons. Spinal Nerves. Cranial Ner-
Someone nudges me from the right. I slowly come back to my senses.
"Hey. Where did you go?"
Uh. "I'm right here."
He frowns, shaking his head. "No. I meant, you got lost somewhere in your head."
I did. I went into Biology won
