He Wants A Tutor For Miriam

"I mean, it depends what it is." I joke. "If you want a beer run then sure, but I'm not giving you my kidney."

"If you get cancer, thems the breaks."

"Funny." His expression doesn't budge.

"I'm worried about Miriam." He looks down at his feet. "She apparently gotten broken up with by her boyfriend tonight. This fucking weird older dude. They even had this nasty fight."

Jesus, what happened to this girl. When they were kids, Miriam was basically a little princess. She was in to Barbie and My Little Pony well after most of the other girls. Super precious. Always sunny and hyper. Always eager to spend time with her big brother. The speed of her transformation from that into well...well...kind of a slut was pretty shocking. It was like I turned around one second and she was throwing herself into the cars of 30 year old dudes.

"Look. I don't know." Ethan continues. "I think she needs someone to look after her. Really anyone at all. But she just doesn't listen to me anymore."

"What do you want me to do?"

"I don't know. But, she knows you. And you're not tainted with authority to her like I am. Can you just look after her sometimes?"

I raise an eyebrow.

"Like I don't know. Her grades are kind of bad. Have been for awhile. Maybe you could tutor her?"

"Tutor her?" I ask. What even was her major? I don't think we've had a full conversation in, like, two years now.

"Yeah, help her grades a bit. " Ethan was looking at me now. Fuck. That made it harder to turn down. "Maybe talk with her while you're at it. Make sure she's not getting into trouble."

I sat there looking at him, considering what I wanted to do. Did I really want to spend evenings here trying to help her with her homework? Shit, I already spent too much time here as is. Still, clearly something had to be done. And, like, I probably wouldn't have said it if anyone asked, but Miriam was basically family.

"Can I think about it?" I ask.

"That's all I ask." Ethan's face softens into a smile. He visually softens. "Thank you."

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