Liberal Arts Page #4

Why do I like this guy so much?

Because he's likable.

Hey, let's get you guys

some drinks.

Yeah, no, I think I'm gonna-

I'm gonna take off.

No, you should stay.

No, really, I should go.

- Do you drink coffee?

- Yeah.

What?

That's crazy.

So does my friend here.

You two, tomorrow.

Shoop!

Coffee.

Yeah, I could do that.

You want to?

Um, I-yeah, uh, yeah.

That'd be-that's great.

9:
00 okay?

Oh.

Oh, you're serious.

Is 11:
30 okay?

Yeah, that works.

Hey.

Hi.

Can we talk?

Yeah.

Yeah, sure, okay.

See you tomorrow?

Yeah, yeah.

See you then.

Okay.

Hey, Vanessa.

Don't sweat that guy.

She only had eyes for you.

Okay.

Good night, Nat.

Good night, Ethan.

Can I help you?

Sorry.

I just...

just the best book of all time.

I just like holding it,

I guess.

Best book of all time?

Well, one of them, sure.

Have you ever noticed

how everyone around here

speaks in wild hyperbole?

Everything's the best.

Like,

"He's the best professor ever,"

or, "This is the best patty melt

on the planet,"

as if they've sampled

every possible variety

of professor and patty melt,

which is, as we know,

logistically impossible.

Okay.

All right, do we have

enough time for that?

- Hey.

- Hey.

Am I super late?

Uh, no.

You want a coffee?

No, I'll just drink yours.

You okay?

I don't know yet.

I smell like beer.

Do you smell that?

Yeah, actually, you do.

II need to excuse myself

just...

just for a...

Sorry about that.

Back there.

You walked away,

and I was just wondering

why I was being rude to someone

who loves the same writer I do.

And I don't have an answer

for that.

Okay.

Okay, so yeah, um,

I'll just...

My grades tanked senior year.

That book was the only thing

I wanted to read.

You liking it?

Uh, yeah.

It's my second time reading it,

actually.

Wow.

That's impressive.

It's not short.

Yeah, I know.

You know, he said

the purpose of fiction

was to combat loneliness.

That's good.

I never heard that.

Yeah.

Well, on the other hand,

spending most of your time

with an 1,100-page book

tends to put a dent

in your social life.

Yeah.

Loneliness simultaneously

increased and decreased.

Hey.

What, you guys know each other?

Yeah, we had Symbolic Logic

first semester.

Zibby.

Right.

Dean, hi.

- Hey.

- I'm Jesse, by the way.

Okay.

Hmm.

Interesting guy.

Yeah.

I can't believe

he's even back here.

Why?

What do you mean?

He had a manic episode

last year.

Eventually, they took him

to a hospital

and, I don't know,

calmed him down, I guess.

He's supposed to be, like,

the smartest guy ever.

Everything okay?

Yeah, everything's great.

I puked.

Oh.

That's gross.

Sorry, you did not need

to hear that.

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