Jake's POV
"Haha, brave move. But I was thinking the same thing. Here’s mine. :)"
I let out a breath I hadn’t realized I was holding. Okay, that went... surprisingly well.
Then my phone buzzed.
Unknown number:
"Hey, it’s Susan :) Hope it’s cool I texted you. This site’s comment section is a mess lol."
Just like that, we were talking off the site.
I saved her number, still unsure what this was. A potential friend? Another brainy nerd chasing the same dream? A person I’d probably never meet? I didn’t know.
We kept it chill, mostly college talk, the kind of excitement you get when you realize someone else is dreaming about the same unknown future as you. She sent a link to a video that did a walkthrough of the Godolken campus—footage I hadn’t seen before. It looked even more magical i
