07-19-2015, 11:47 PM
He ran over to Ito and grabbed his arm before the other young man left the room. Chance held him there with the strength of desperation, and moved to face him head on.
"I'll pay you to be my tutor!" Kids on scholarships always needed money, right? He'd be doing this Ito guy a favor.
"I can't fail this class or my future is ruined." He nodded towards the door. "You heard teach back there, I'm a Melville, as in Melville Auto Inc. If I don't learn, they'll disown me. So please, help me." Too much information ... but it was too late to take any of it back. Chance knew this was his last chance, after a whole life of trying to make sense of the big metal hulks that dominated nearly all his memories.
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